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Quick Answer. A click, or klick to use the spelling generally utilized in the U.S. military, is equal to a distance of 1 kilometer, or .062 miles. According to About.com U.S. Military, this term came into widespread use during the Vietnam War. Continue Reading.
A: In many military-related movies and television shows, characters describe distances in terms of klicks, causing many people to wonder what a klick (also sometimes spelled click, klik, or clic) is. This term is shorthand/slang for a kilometer. We found its definition in several on-line glossaries, including this Glossary of Words used by CAP Marines in Vietnam (http://www.capmarine.com/cap/glossary.htm) and this Language of War page from the PBS web site for their Vietnam Online program.