Usually means: Overused phrase, lacks original thought.
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General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. cliche: Merriam-Webster
  2. cliche: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cliche: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cliche: Vocabulary.com
  5. Cliche, cliche: Wordnik
  6. cliche, cliche': Wiktionary
  7. Clich'e, cliche: Dictionary.com
  8. cliche: Online Etymology Dictionary
  9. Cliche: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Cliche: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. cliche: Rhymezone
  12. Cliche: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. cliche: FreeDictionary.org
  14. cliche: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Cliche: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. cliche: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cliche: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cliche: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cliche: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Sound-Alike Words (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Cliche)

noun:  Alternative form of cliché [Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude.]
verb:  Alternative form of cliché [(ambitransitive) To use a cliché; to make up a word or a name that sounds like a cliché.]

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