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English
Prepositional phrase
for kicks
- (colloquial) In order to obtain pleasure or excitement.
1977, Buzzcocks, Orgasm Addict:Well you tried it just for once, found it alright for kicks, but now you found it's a habit that sticks, and you're an orgasm addict, you're an orgasm addict.
2017, Portugal. The Man, John Hill, Asa Taccone, Freddie Gorman, Robert Bateman, Brian Holland (lyrics and music), “Feel It Still”, in Woodstock, performed by Portugal. The Man, track 4:Ooh woo, I'm a rebel just for kicks, now / I been feeling it since 1966, now / Might be over now, but I feel it still
Translations
for pleasure or excitement
— see also kicks