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clique

[ klik, kleek ]

noun

  1. a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.


verb (used without object)

, cliqued, cli·quing.
  1. Informal. to form, or associate in, a clique.

clique

/ klɪk; kliːk /

noun

  1. a small, exclusive group of friends or associates


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Derived Forms

  • ˈcliquishness, noun
  • ˈcliquish, adjective
  • ˈcliquishly, adverb

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Other Words From

  • clique·less adjective
  • cli·quey cli·quy adjective
  • cli·quism noun
  • sub·clique noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clique1

1705–15; < French, apparently metaphorical use of Middle French clique latch, or noun derivative of cliquer to make noise, resound, imitative word parallel to click 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of clique1

C18: from French, perhaps from Old French: latch, from cliquer to click; suggestive of the necessity to exclude nonmembers

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Example Sentences

Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.

How ironic that the Hermit Kingdom is taking the blame for our first real look inside a clique that not even Vice dares penetrate.

The center-right hedge fund clique known as Third Way, and associated Blue Dogs and hangers on.

Not only is post-Yanukovych Ukraine dominated by a fascist clique, it is controlled by unnatural women.

A clique of GOP lawmakers say the debt ceiling crisis is a hoax.

Occasionally a clique seeks to get control of a corporation by the issue of new stock and taking it among themselves.

Such a clique of professional friends would sink a stronger man than Trevithick.

And at any rate it is another chance for this distracted archipelago of children, sat upon by a clique of fools.

They must be national; words that are the property of the mass of the people, not of a clique or a district.

Like words that are used by a small region are words which are understood by a clique of persons.

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