Definition of "like that" in English

Adjective

1. Gay; homosexual.

Prepositional phrase

1. Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate similitude, similarity, equivalent or comparable quality In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner

   • We don't talk like that around here.
   • I can't believe anyone past the age of six would behave like that in public.
   • It happened just like that.
   • We don't say stuff like that around here.
   • I've never seen anything like that in my life. Folks like that I just can’t stand.

2. In such, the same, a similar way, in that particular manner

   • We don't talk like that around here.
   • I can't believe anyone past the age of six would behave like that in public.
   • It happened just like that.

3. Of the same, a similar, that particular kind.

   • We don't say stuff like that around here.
   • I've never seen anything like that in my life. Folks like that I just can’t stand.

4. Used at the end of a sentence to emphasize a resemblance to something, reinforcing a previous instance of the preposition like (or a similar term).

5. suddenly; unexpectedly.

   • He was playing in the yard and, then, like that, he was gone.

6. Used to indicate agreement with another speaker's statement.

   • "And then the truck turned, the box fell out the back, and the truck just kept going." / "Yeah, like that."