4. (Music, other) music a part of the action of a clavichord consisting of a small piece of metal that strikes the string to produce a note. 5. on a tangent at a tangent on a completely different or divergent course, esp of thought: to go off at a tangent.
Synonyms: clichÃ©, bromide, platitude, truism. These nouns denote an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse: a short story weakened by clichÃ©s; the bromide that we are what we eat; a eulogy full of platitudes; a once-original thought that is now a truism.
A cliche clichÃ© is a, saying, idea or element of artistic work that is overused in a culture to the point of losing its, original more, significant. Meaning cliches clichÃ©s often are annoying to a listener or reader in that they display a lack of originality on the part of the speaker. or writer