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get one's rocks off

get one's rocks off verb: to derive enjoyment from something.

Verb

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

  1. (possibly, slang, vulgar) To derive enjoyment from something.
    • Stylax: And where do you get your rocks off, Aurelius? / Aurelius: Anywhere, mate. Bars, galleries, the temple. / Marcus: The temple? / Aurelius: Yeah, the temple is full of quality women.2013, Sam Leifer, Tom Basden, “The Orgy”, in Plebs, season 1, episode 1 (television production)
    • She is, instead, frank about “getting her rocks off” and the difficulty of how to do that without the aid of drink or drugs.2025 May 12, Shahidha Bari, “Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth review – a riotous roadtrip”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Synonyms of get one's rocks off

Forms of get one's rocks off

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

Origin of get one's rocks off

A sexual coinage, referring to male orgasm, from rocks (“testicles”).

Questions about get one's rocks off

What does get one's rocks off mean?
Get one's rocks off means to derive enjoyment from something.
What part of speech is get one's rocks off?
Get one's rocks off is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's rocks off?
The past tense of get one's rocks off is got one's rocks off.

Words near get one's rocks off in the dictionary

  1. get one's panties in a pretzel
  2. get one's panties in a wad
  3. get one's poop together
  4. get one's priorities right
  5. get one's priorities straight
  6. get one's rocks off
  7. get one's shine box
  8. get one's shinebox
  9. get one's shirt out
  10. get one's shit pushed in
  11. get one's shit together

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