Definitions
an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Word origin
Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by claque, though this may have happened in French rather than in English.
Used in a sentence
“This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.”
“The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.”
“Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Exclusive group”6 letters
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