- a trip that you make for funWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French jolif, an earlier form of joli ‘pretty’, perhaps from Old Norse jól, originally applied to a heathen festival lasting twelve days, later to Christmas.
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Idioms
See jolly in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryget your jollies
- (informal) to get pleasure or have fun
- He’s one of those sad guys who gets his jollies from lurking in chat rooms.
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