"get one's groove on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-get one's groove on.wav 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 dance. Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-get_one's_groove_on-en-verb-hRBqq8xf
  2. (colloquial, dated) To have sex; to have sex with. Tags: colloquial, dated 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: 0 100 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English light verb constructions, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 67 Disambiguation of English light verb constructions: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of 'to have sex': 7 93

Inflected forms

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