klick

• IPA^(key): /klɪk/

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• Homophones: click, clique
• Rhymes: -ɪk

• 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.

klick (plural klicks)

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

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.)

• (military slang: kilometer): click

klick (plural klicks)

1. Alternative spelling of click

• L-kick

• IPA^(key): /klɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪk

klick

1. singular imperative of klicken
2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of klicken

klick c

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

klick n

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

• klicka