Clique

//kliːk// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Clique. alt-of
  2. 2
    Ellipsis of the Skeleton Clique (“the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots”). abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "The Skeleton Clique, often referred to as just 'the clique', is what members of the Twenty One Pilots fandom have dubbed themselves."

Noun
  1. 1
    A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

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

  2. 2
    an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose wordnet
  3. 3
    A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

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

  4. 4
    A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner. Internet

    "Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused."

  5. 5
    A shortened form of the Skeleton Clique, the fan base of the Twenty One Pilots.

    "The Skeleton Clique, often referred to as just 'the clique,' is what members of the Twenty One Pilots fandom have dubbed themselves."

Verb
  1. 1
    To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot. intransitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

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