"get one's kicks" meaning in English

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        "2": "kick",
        "t": "pleasure, thrill"
      },
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      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "get a kick out of"
      },
      "expansion": "get a kick out of",
      "name": "m"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kick (“pleasure, thrill”). Compare get a kick out of.",
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      "form": "gets one's kicks",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "getting one's kicks",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's kicks"
      },
      "expansion": "get one's kicks (third-person singular simple present gets one's kicks, present participle getting one's kicks, simple past got one's kicks, past participle (UK) got one's kicks or (US) gotten one's kicks)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published 1963 January, page 18",
          "text": "“Fine, fine, we lushing it up.”\n“That ain’t nowhere. Blast Little Eva with some pot. Let her get her kicks.”\n“I’ll see to it that she gets her kicks,” he said.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enjoy oneself, to have a good time."
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        "(idiomatic, informal) To enjoy oneself, to have a good time."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get one's kicks"
}

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        "2": "kick",
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "get a kick out of"
      },
      "expansion": "get a kick out of",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From kick (“pleasure, thrill”). Compare get a kick out of.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "getting one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "got one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "gotten one's kicks",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
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        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> one's kicks"
      },
      "expansion": "get one's kicks (third-person singular simple present gets one's kicks, present participle getting one's kicks, simple past got one's kicks, past participle (UK) got one's kicks or (US) gotten one's kicks)",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962, James Baldwin, Another Country, New York, N. Y.: The Dial Press, published 1963 January, page 18",
          "text": "“Fine, fine, we lushing it up.”\n“That ain’t nowhere. Blast Little Eva with some pot. Let her get her kicks.”\n“I’ll see to it that she gets her kicks,” he said.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To enjoy oneself, to have a good time."
      ],
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          "have a good time",
          "have a good time"
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        "(idiomatic, informal) To enjoy oneself, to have a good time."
      ],
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  "word": "get one's kicks"
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