Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get off on

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.74 in modern English

Syllables: get of-f on
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.

Slang

verb

To fight (somebody); to win a fight against (someone); to insult or provoke (someone) to a fight.

American usage; Dated; Slang

Example Sentences

"I don't get off on champagne."
"Now's the chance to get off on your new math tricks: twelve times eight is the same as ten times eight plus two times eight... eighty plus sixteen: ninety-six!"
"I wasn’t getting off on the sex as much as I was getting off on being romantically inaccessible for the first time in my life."

Usage

Slang
American usage
Dated

Inflected Forms

gets off on (present, singular) getting off on (participle, present) got off on (past) got off on (UK, participle) gotten off on (US, participle)

Phrases

get off get on

Frequently Paired Words

get off get on

Synonyms

get a charge out of

Questions

What does get off on mean?: To be excited or aroused by; to derive pleasure from.

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