jollies

jollies
Noun. 1. Pleasure, thrills. E.g."He always gets his jollies from hurting others."
2. Holidays, vacation. E.g."Are you going to mainland Europe again for your jollies?"

English slang and colloquialisms. 2014.

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  • jollies — n. a charge or thrill; a sexual thrill; kick. □ He got his jollies from skin flicks. □ This gyvestick gives Ernie all the jollies he wants …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Jollies — Jolly Jol ly (j[o^]l l[y^]), n.; pl. {Jollies} (j[o^]l l[i^]z). [Prob. fr. {Jolly}, a.] A marine in the English navy. [Sailor s Slang] I m a Jolly Er Majesty s Jolly soldier an sailor too! Kipling. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jollies — noun Kicks; satisfaction; entertainment. I dont know if this is how you get your jollies, but its pretty screwed up …   Wiktionary

  • jollies — jol|lies [ˈdʒɔliz US ˈdʒa: ] n get your jollies AmE spoken to get pleasure from a particular experience or activity, especially a strange activity …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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  • jollies — Synonyms and related words: Marine Corps, Royal Marines, bang, boot, charge, devil dogs, flush, kick, leathernecks, lift, marines, quiver, rush, rush of emotion, sea soldiers, sensation, shiver, shudder, surge of emotion, thrill, tingle, tingling …   Moby Thesaurus

  • jollies — 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 …   Contemporary slang

  • jollies — jol·ly || dÊ’É‘lɪ / dÊ’É’l v. make happy, raise someone s spirits; joke, jest; please someone in order to take advantage of him adj. merry, happy, mirthful, cheerful adv. very, extremely (Slang) n. pleasure, kicks, enjoyment; yawl that sailors… …   English contemporary dictionary

  • get 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 *… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hardcore Jollies — Infobox Album | Name = Hardcore Jollies Type = Studio Artist = Funkadelic Released = September 26, 1976 Recorded = 1976 Genre = Funk Length = 40:05 Label = Warner Bros. Records Producer = George Clinton Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www …   Wikipedia

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