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get one's jollies

get one's jollies verb: to derive pleasure or excitement from.

Verb

get one's jollies (third-person singular simple present gets one's jollies, present participle getting one's jollies, simple past got one's jollies, past participle (UK) got one's jollies or (US) gotten one's jollies)

  1. (slang) To derive pleasure or excitement from.
    • He gets his jollies from peeking into the girls' locker room.
    • Mike getting his jollies in for the day.1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

Synonyms of get one's jollies

Forms of get one's jollies

third-person singular presentgets one's jollies
present participlegetting one's jollies
pastgot one's jollies
past participle UKgot one's jollies
past participle USgotten one's jollies

Questions about get one's jollies

What does get one's jollies mean?
Get one's jollies means to derive pleasure or excitement from.
What part of speech is get one's jollies?
Get one's jollies is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's jollies?
The past tense of get one's jollies is got one's jollies.

Words near get one's jollies in the dictionary

  1. get one's hole
  2. get one's hooks into
  3. get one's hopes up
  4. get one's house in order
  5. get one's hump up
  6. get one's jollies
  7. get one's juices flowing
  8. get one's kicks
  9. get one's kit off
  10. get one's knickers in a knot
  11. get one's knickers in a twist

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