get one's kicks
get one's kicks verb: to enjoy oneself, to have a good time.
Verb
get one's kicks (third-person singular simple present gets one's kicks, present participle getting one's kicks, simple past got one's kicks, past participle (UK) got one's kicks or (US) gotten one's kicks)
- To enjoy oneself, to have a good time.
- Well, if you ever plan to motor west / Jack, take my way, it's the highway that's the best / Get your kicks on Route 661946 April 22, Bobby Troup, “(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66”, in New Juke Box Hits, performed by Chuck Berry, published March 1961, side 2, track 2
- “Fine, fine, we lushing it up.”
“That ain’t nowhere. Blast Little Eva with some pot. Let her get her kicks.”
“I’ll see to it that she gets her kicks,” he said.1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published January 1963, page 18
Forms of get one's kicks
| third-person singular present | gets one's kicks |
|---|---|
| present participle | getting one's kicks |
| past | got one's kicks |
| past participle UK | got one's kicks |
| past participle US | gotten one's kicks |
Origin of get one's kicks
From kick (“pleasure, thrill”). Compare get a kick out of.
Questions about get one's kicks
- What does get one's kicks mean?
- Get one's kicks means to enjoy oneself, to have a good time.
- What part of speech is get one's kicks?
- Get one's kicks is a verb.
- What is the past tense of get one's kicks?
- The past tense of get one's kicks is got one's kicks.
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