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shits and grins en · NOUN

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Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar) Synonym of kicks and giggles.
    • Dread spread through me. Mysti and Griff wouldn't call a meeting for shits and grins. 2017, Catie Rhodes, Crossroads:
    • "Bill," Kelly said, "sorry to interrupt, but if you want us to run the numbers using more conservative assumptions, that's no problem at all. And just for shits and grins, why don't we throw in a recapitalization analysis?" 1995, Everett Weinberger, Wannabe, A Would-Be Player's Misadventures In Hollywood, page 15:
    • Hey, ever see The Sting? You know how they teamed up and taught those gangsters a lesson? Ha ha. That'd be fun, huh? You know, just for kicks ... to do something like that? Wouldn't it? Just for shits and grins? 2005, Penn Jillette, Mickey D. Lynn, How to Cheat Your Friends at Poker, The Wisdom of Dickie Richard, page 89:
    • Then he'd beat me to a pulp with that strap for shits and grins . 2011, Dan Ferullo, Monster Hill, page 511:

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kicks and giggles