Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word klom.

Examples

  • We didn't have any more trouble with the ponies — they hung their heads like they'd been outsmarted and plodded steadily upward, but it still took us the better part of an hour to climb half a klom, and we were going nowhere.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • The Wall was only half a klom off along this stretch, and sometimes there are little kick-up breezes along it, but not today.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • "Maybe," I said, but Bult didn't go half a klom before he led the ponies across, and not a word about tssi mitss, e or otherwise, which shot my theory to pieces.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • Half a klom later we ran into a dust tantrum that was more like a full-blown rage.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • After the first klom or so the bank got too rocky to be muddy and the clouds started to drift off.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • He was still keeping close to the Tongue, and after half a klom he got out his binocs, looked through them at the water, and shook his head, and we plodded on.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • A half a klom after the silvershims, Bult turned west toward the Wall.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • There's a sheer drop of maybe a hundred meters on that side of the peninsula, then a klom or so of dunes and carved-up sediments before the shore of the Catalan Gulf ...

    The Golden Torc May, Julian, 1931- 1981

  • In case you haven't noticed, we're in uncharted territory, we don't have any aerials, Bult's half a klom ahead of us — "He pointed up ahead.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • "You can't see much from here," I told Ev. "This really only goes another klom or so, and then you should get a better view of the Wall.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.