klick

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• click

[edit] Etymology

• Most likely a pseudo-condensed pronunciation of kilometre.
• Possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of a military odometer.

[edit] Noun

klick (plural klicks)

1. (slang, military) A kilometre.

[edit] Quotations

• 2002, Robert J. Sawyer, "Hominids":

  an asteroid between one and three kilometers wide had slammed into the ground at fifteen klicks per second.