Definition of "kicks"

Won't you get hip to this kindly tip / When you ride that California trip / Get your kicks on Route 66

1946, Bobby Troup (lyrics and music), “Route 66”, performed by Nat King Cole

«Ah, it’s all right, it’s just kicks. We only live once. We’re having a good time.»

1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 4, in On the Road, Viking Press, part 2

I have a theory […] that the Butterfield Band, who played in back of Dylan was really the Kingston Trio getting kicks […]

1965 August, Mississippi Phil Ochs, “The Newport Fuzz Festival”, in The Realist‎, number 61, retrieved 2022-11-13, page 11

I wanna hold her, wanna hold her tight / Get teenage kicks right through the night

1979, John O'Neill (lyrics and music), “Teenage Kicks”, performed by The Undertones

This is a common experience among drug addicts who need stronger and stronger doses to regain the old 'kicks'.

1996, Samuel Brittan, Capitalism with a human face, page 136

They seek new kicks, new thrills, new adventures.

2010, Theodore J. Kaczynski, edited by David Skrbina, Technological Slavery, page 385

Fresh new kicks, and pants / You gotta like that, now you know you wanna dance

1990, “U Can't Touch This”, in Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em, performed by MC Hammer