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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

Sometimes I text friends in her voice for kicks.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

And if they do shut down the government just for kicks anyway, one of the functions that will just keep going is the Department of Justice.

From Salon • Aug. 30, 2023

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

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2022

“Kath, you don’t...Well, if it’s for kicks, you don’t do it like that. You’ve got to look at the pictures much more carefully. It doesn’t really work if you go that fast.”

From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro