klick
KLIK/klɪk/
Pluralklicks
- 1A kilometer of distance, used as soldiers' slang.
About as far as you can walk in ten or twelve minutes.
The base sat about one klick from the river crossing.
They marched twelve klicks through the dust before nightfall.
Similarkilometer
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- 2A measure of how fast something moves, equal to one kilometer per hour.
Like miles per hour, but measured in kilometers instead.
They were driving at a hundred klicks down the open freeway.
A strong tailwind added a klick to the cyclist's speed.
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- 3Alternative spelling of click. Used mostly to write the short, sharp sound something makes.
Klick! The light switch flipped and the room lit up.
The pen made a soft klick when she pressed the top.
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Origin
This is most likely a short way of saying "kilometer." It may also come from the "click" sound of a military odometer.