Klick
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A kilometer. slang
"Several klicks closer, the ruins of the City of Poets rose jaggedly against the skyline."
- 2 Alternative spelling of click (mostly as an interjection) alt-of, alternative
- 3 Acronym of keratosis linearis with ichthyosis congenita and sclerosing keratoderma. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 4 a metric unit of length equal to 1000 meters (or 0.621371 miles) wordnet
- 5 Kilometres per hour. plural-normally, slang
Example
More examples"Several klicks closer, the ruins of the City of Poets rose jaggedly against the skyline."
Etymology
* Most likely a pseudo-condensed pronunciation of kilometer, being a suitably short word emphasizing k+l instead of /keɪ/ alone (the same principle as with military spelling alphabets, but also clearly distinguished from kilo (/kiːloʊ/) for kilogram). * Possibly onomatopoeic of the sound of a military odometer. When a soldier would complete a mark, they would signal to their commander and denote movement of 1,000 meters by hoisting up their rifle and moving the gas regulator with their thumb, which made a "click" the commander could hear.
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