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  • 1get one's jollies — (informal) To enjoy oneself, have fun • • • Main Entry: ↑jolly * * * informal have fun or find pleasure …

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  • 2Get one's jollies — get excited; get one s cheap thrills …

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  • 3get one's jollies — Australian Slang get excited; get one s cheap thrills …

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  • 4get one's jollies — vb to derive enjoyment, obtain sensual sat isfaction. The gratification referred to in this phrase is often less innocuous than the lighthearted nature of the words might imply. ► It s not my Idea of a good time, but If that s how you get your… …

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  • 5get one's jollies — informal have a good time; have fun. → jolly …

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  • 6get — [c]/gɛt / (say get) verb (got, got or, Chiefly US, gotten, Archaic, gat, getting) –verb (t) 1. to obtain, gain, or acquire by any means: to get favour by service; get a good price. 2. to fetch or bring: I w …

  • 7jollies — n pl gratification. The expression can cover indulgences ranging from innocent enjoyment, through thrills, to more sinis ter and/or sexual stimulation. The word usually occurs in the phrase get one s jol lies …

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  • 8get your jollies — mainly american spoken, showing disapproval phrase to get pleasure from an activity or experience Do you get your jollies from wasting money on things you don’t need? Thesaurus: to enjoy something, or to enjoy yourselfsynonym Main entry: jolly *… …

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  • 9pleasure — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Feeling of enjoyment Nouns 1. pleasure, enjoyment, gratification; voluptuousness, sensuality; luxuriousness; gluttony; titillation, gusto; creature comforts, comfort, ease, [lap of] luxury; purple and… …

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  • 10jolly — jolly1 adjective (jollier, jolliest) happy and cheerful. ↘informal lively and entertaining. verb (jollies, jollying, jollied) informal encourage in a friendly way. ↘(jolly someone/thing up) make someone or something more jolly. adverb Brit.… …

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