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for kicks

ADVERB

for fun

Synonyms

WEAK

for mere pleasure for no useful reason for the hell of it

Example Sentences

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It blows water off slow-to-dry surfaces—plastic cups, reusable bags, exhaust-fan grease traps—in such a satisfying manner, you might wash them twice for kicks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025

A clock for kicks at goal is already in operation in France's Top 14.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022

Even if it involves branding someone as a pedophile to 80 million followers — as Musk did in 2018 — for kicks and giggles.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2022

On Monday of last week he giggled with his fellow CBS host James Corden; on Tuesday he slapped John Bolton around for kicks.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2020

I never gaze at accidents unless I can help, or attend street fights for kicks.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck