Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Clique
Clique (klēk), n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] 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. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; — used with together.