"get one's groove on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: gets one's groove on [present, singular, third-person], getting one's groove on [participle, present], got one's groove on [past], got one's groove on [UK, participle, past], gotten one's groove on [US, participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's groove on}} get one's groove on (third-person singular simple present gets one's groove on, present participle getting one's groove on, simple past got one's groove on, past participle (UK) got one's groove on or (US) gotten one's groove on)
  1. (colloquial) To have sex; to have sex with. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: get one's end away, get one's leg over, copulate Synonyms (to have sex): do it
    Sense id: en-get_one's_groove_on-en-verb-gt5xDsRL Disambiguation of Sex: 100 0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English light verb constructions, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 90 10 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 88 12 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'to have sex': 94 6
  2. (colloquial) To dance. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-get_one's_groove_on-en-verb-hRBqq8xf

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for get one's groove on meaning in English (2.8kB)

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