get one's jollies

verb

To derive pleasure or excitement from.

“He gets his jollies from peeking into the girls' locker room.”

Similar
get one's rocks off
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbget one's jollies (third-person singular simple present gets one's jollies, present participle getting one's jollies, simple past got one's jollies, past participle (UK) got one's jollies or (US) gotten one's jollies)

present singular third person gets one's jollies · participle present getting one's jollies · past got one's jollies · UK participle past got one's jollies · US participle past gotten one's jollies

  1. slangTo derive pleasure or excitement from.

    He gets his jollies from peeking into the girls' locker room.

    1 more example

    Mike getting his jollies in for the day.

    1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer

    Synonyms: get one's rocks off

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo derive pleasure or excitement from.

Similar
get one's rocks off
Also see
get one's rocks off
Cite this entry
APA

get one's jollies. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20jollies

MLA

“get one's jollies.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20jollies. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get one's jollies,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20one's%20jollies.

Source: get one's jollies on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.