for kicks
Appearance
English
[edit]Prepositional phrase
[edit]- (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