for\ the\ hell\ of\ it

for\ the\ hell\ of\ it
• for the devil
• for the heck
• for the hell of it
adv. phr.
For no specific reason; just for sport and fun.

We poured salt into Uncle Tom's coffee, just for the heck of it.

See: devil of it

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