Clique Definition

klĭk, klēk
cliques
noun
cliques
A small, exclusive circle of people; snobbish or narrow coterie.
Webster's New World

A small, exclusive group of individuals; cabal.

This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
Wiktionary

(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
Wiktionary

(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.

Wiktionary
verb
To form, associate in, or act as a clique.
American Heritage

To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

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Other Word Forms of Clique

Noun

Singular:
clique
Plural:
cliques

Origin of Clique

  • French from Old French latch or from obsolete French cliquer to click, clink of imitative origin

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French clique

    From Wiktionary

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