Click or clique?

noun A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a…

As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened

verb To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click

interjection The sound of a click

Click! The door opened

noun slangAlternative spelling of klick (“kilometer; kilometers per hour”)

noun A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion

noun A kind of throw

inside click; outside click; cross click

noun UKThe act of snapping one's fingers

verb To emit a click

noun A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic such as lifestyle or social status, or common purpose; specifically one formed for disreputable purposes, or which…

Near-synonyms: circle, faction, gang

verb informalTo form a clique (“small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic”; noun sense 1); to associate with others in a clannish way

noun A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph

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

verb informalTo act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot, to scheme

noun A group of related websites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner

noun An informal faction in the Republic of China (1912–1949) led by one or more warlords exercising regional control through local armed forces (particularly during the Warlord Era); a regional junta