Claque \KLACK\, noun:
1. A group hired to applaud at a performance.

Jeff- The post-Friends/Seinfeld American sitcom relies heavily on a claque and a stupid hick.

- Every morning, Regis Philbin eats 20 raw eggs and a side of leftover baby skin from the previous evening, while screaming "Who wants to be a millionaire!!" over the supportive cries of his in-house claque.

The PS Team
Are you serious Derrick; you're not just a 'claque', you're his father!!
NO Becky! I got paid to cheer at the Ron Paul rally, there's no reason to pretend to support Little Jimmy's baseball game until he starts making some money instead of wasting all his time at that damn school.