clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack, camp
(noun) an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose
Source: WordNet® 3.1
clique (plural cliques)
A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
(graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
(Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
• (small, exclusive group): coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp
clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)
(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
• Often used in the form clique together.
Source: Wiktionary
Clique, n. Etym: [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.]
Definition: A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.
Clique, v. i.
Definition: To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 May 2025
(adjective) (of something seen or heard) clearly defined; “a sharp photographic image”; “the sharp crack of a twig”; “the crisp snap of dry leaves underfoot”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
