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clique

noun

: a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons
especially : one held together by common interests, views, or purposes
high school cliques
cliquey adjective
cliquish adjective
cliquishly adverb
cliquishness noun

Example Sentences

that clique refuses to even talk to outsiders at their lunch table
Recent Examples on the Web Without a way to connect students from different states around the U.S., Greek life is just a collective group of organizations that cultivate partying, hazing, exclusivity and a clique-type culture. WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022 The responses sent from these women who unfortunately don’t live down the street, and therefore can’t be in my day-to-day mom clique, were equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. Helena Andrews-dyer, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2022 She’s that person in your clique that makes all of the decisions and any time there’s a person who goes against her, there’s hell to pay. Adrienne Gaffney, ELLE, 8 Aug. 2022 Now the user will send a message to one of the other users in our little clique. Cameron Kaiser, Ars Technica, 4 Aug. 2022 Stewart described them as a loose clique of fire department veterans who used drugs illegally, with some admitting to being under the influence while at work. Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2022 A dozen people have been indicted in federal court in Alexandria and accused of involvement in a Northern Virginia clique of MS-13 that authorities say was linked to four killings over four months. Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2022 The commercial ends with a shout-out to the clique Heron infiltrates in Mean Girls. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 2 July 2022 Agents claim the gang's local faction, known as the Thompson Los Salvatrucha clique, had capitalized on Nashville's addiction crisis since 2014, selling large amounts of cocaine and marijuana in the bathrooms and parking lots of nightclubs. Beth Warren, The Courier-Journal, 30 June 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

French

First Known Use

1711, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of clique was in 1711

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