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- DictionaryClique/klēk/
noun
- 1. a small group of people, with shared interests or other features in common, who spend time together and do not readily allow others to join them: "the old-school clique"
noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] disapproving us / klɪk / uk / kliːk / Add to word list. a small group of people who spend their time together and do not welcome other people into that group: clique of Our golf club is run by a very unfriendly clique of people. There's a clique at work that never talks /who never talk to anyone else. Synonym. coterie.
noun. /kliːk/ [countable + singular or plural verb] (often disapproving) a small group of people who spend their time together and do not allow others to join them. The club is dominated by a small clique of intellectuals. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.
A clique is an exclusive group of people or friends. Before Rudolph pulled Santa's sled through the fog, the clique of flying reindeer never let him play their reindeer games. In high school, the exclusive nature of cliques causes a lot of hurt feelings.
A clique ( AusE, CanE, UK: / ˈkliːk / or US: / ˈklɪk /; French: [klik] ), in the social sciences, is a group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests rather than with others. [1] . Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity, or popularity.
CLIQUE meaning: a small group of people who spend a lot of time together and are unfriendly to people who are not…. Learn more.
clique·less, adjective; cli·quey, cli·quy, adjective; cli·quism, noun; sub·clique, noun
6 days ago · noun. Word origin. C18: from French, perhaps from Old French: latch, from cliquer to click; suggestive of the necessity to exclude nonmembers. Word Frequency. clique in American English. (klɪk ; klik ) noun. a small, exclusive circle of people; snobbish or narrow coterie. SIMILAR WORDS: ˈcoterie. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
