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[ kleek, klik ] SHOW IPA
/ klik, klɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a small, exclusive group of people; coterie; set.
verb (used without object), cliqued, cli·quing. Informal . to form, or associate in, a clique.
Origin of clique 1705–15; <French, apparently metaphorical use of Middle French clique latch, or noun derivative of cliquer to make noise, resound, imitative word parallel to click1
synonym study for clique 1 . See circle, ring1 .
OTHER WORDS FROM clique cliqueless, adjective cliquey, cliquy, adjective cliquism, noun subclique, noun
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH clique 1. claque, clique 2. click, clique Words nearby clique clipping, clipshears, clipsheet, clip someone's wings, clipt, clique , cliquey, cliquish, clishmaclaver, clisis, Clisthenes
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Example sentences from the Web for clique If tech giant CEOs were a high school clique , Mukesh Ambani would be its newest member, and everyone’s invited to a party at his house.
Reliance Jio is India’s answer to Amazon, AT&T, and Huawei—all rolled into one | Niharika Sharma| August 28, 2020| Quartz
Find that clique , and you’ve proved Keller’s conjecture false in dimension seven.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem | Kevin Hartnett| August 19, 2020| Quanta Magazine
The fact that there’s no clique of four dice means Keller’s conjecture is true in dimension two.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem | Kevin Hartnett| August 19, 2020| Quanta Magazine
As a general rule, to prove Keller’s conjecture in dimension n, you use dice with n dots and try to find a clique of size 2n.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem | Kevin Hartnett| August 19, 2020| Quanta Magazine
The question of whether it’s possible to find a clique of size 128 is a similar kind of problem.
Computer Search Settles 90-Year-Old Math Problem | Kevin Hartnett| August 19, 2020| Quanta Magazine
How ironic that the Hermit Kingdom is taking the blame for our first real look inside a clique that not even Vice dares penetrate.
Pyongyang Shuffle: Hollywood In Dead Panic Over Sony Hack | James Poulos| December 19, 2014| DAILY BEAST
A clique of GOP lawmakers say the debt ceiling crisis is a hoax.
The GOP’s Top 10 Debt Ceiling Denialists | Patricia Murphy| October 7, 2013| DAILY BEAST
How about the totally Beltwayized and out of touch with America clique versus the people who retain some remnants of common sense?
Paul Ryan Is a Great Choice | Michael Tomasky| August 8, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Not surprisingly, their clique is designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and other organizations.
Family of Hate | John Avlon| July 23, 2009| DAILY BEAST
So keeping with the high school metaphor, what clique would you roll with?
Jay McCarroll's Next 11 Minutes | Alisa Gould-Simon| February 20, 2009| DAILY BEAST
An election is merely a personal quarrel in the clique of men who control the Democratic party.
Following the Color Line | Ray Stannard Baker
He'd not have to be like them; he'd not mix with that clique ; he'd herd alone.
Winner Take All | Larry Evans
It is of the clique who insist on shutting the windows that I write.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 103, October 1, 1892 | Various
Probably he thought that the poet was a member of a London clique .
Alfred Tennyson | Andrew Lang
Partly out of that clique , partly out of a circle beyond it, which Savarin can more or less influence, I select ten.
The Parisians, Complete | Edward Bulwer-Lytton
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British Dictionary definitions for clique noun a small, exclusive group of friends or associates
Derived forms of clique cliquish , adjective cliquishly , adverb cliquishness , noun Word Origin for clique C18: from French, perhaps from Old French: latch, from cliquer to click; suggestive of the necessity to exclude nonmembers
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Words related to clique clan, cabal, coterie, faction, posse, gang, mob, lobby, set, crowd, club, camp, outfit, crew, crush, society, bunch, organization, circle, ring