klick

See also: Klick

English

Pronunciation

• Homophones: click, clique
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Etymology 1

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

Noun

klick (plural klicks)

1. (slang, military) A kilometer.
   • 2002, Robert J. Sawyer, Hominids

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

2. (slang, usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.

Usage notes

Though kilometers are not commonly used to measure distance in the USA, klick is commonly used by the US & UK military, which use the metric system almost exclusively in order to facilitate communication with allied forces. (In other English-speaking countries, civilians often say "k" or "k.m." instead.)

Synonyms

• (military slang: kilometer): click

Translations

slang, a kilometre

• Estonian: kilt (et), kilts

• French: borne (fr) f

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Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Klemme (de) f

Etymology 2

Noun

klick (plural klicks)

1. Alternative spelling of click

Anagrams

• L-kick

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Verb

klick

1. Imperative singular of klicken.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of klicken.

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Swedish

Noun

klick c

1. clique; an exclusive group; a cabal
2. dab; a small amount of a wet substance

Noun

klick n

1. click; brief, sharp sound
2. click; act of pressing a mouse button

Related terms

• klicka