like that

prepositional phrase6

1. •
   Used adverbially or adjectivally to indicate similitude, similarity, equivalent or comparable quality
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.
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. •
   (Singapore, Singlish) 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).

   • Macham [like] monster like that. My eyes lagi [even more] worse. — 2018
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."

adjective1

1. •
   (euphemistic) Gay; homosexual.

pronoun1

1. •
   (euphemistic) An intentionally vague thing, used in answers to leading questions which the speaker wishes to deflect or evade.

   • How much did that cost you? Five grand? Something like that, yeah...
   • So are you two an item yet? Eh, something like that.