| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  kl k, kl k |
| NOUN: | A small exclusive group of friends or associates. | | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: cliqued, cliqu·ing, cliques
Informal To form, associate in, or act as a clique. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, latch or from obsolete French cliquer, to click, clink, of imitative origin. | | OTHER FORMS: | cliqu ey, cliquy, cliquish —ADJECTIVE
cliquish·ly —ADVERB
cliquish·ness —NOUN
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