jerk off

jerk off

See also: jerkoff and jerk-off

English

Alternative forms

• J-O, J/O (abbreviation)

Pronunciation

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Verb

jerk off (third-person singular simple present jerks off, present participle jerking off, simple past and past participle jerked off) (chiefly US)

1. (dated) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jerk,‎ off.
   • 1884, Ohio State Horticultural Society, Seventeenth annual report of the Ohio State Horticultural Society for the year 1883-84, page 32:

     I climb up in my trees myself, and jerk off the suckers in the trees.

   • 1896, California Superior Courts, Colorado Supreme Court, Kansas Supreme Court, et al, The Pacific reporter, page 265:

     The conductor and the head brakeman testified that they gave no order to Roy Wilson or any one else to jerk off or pull off young Mitchell from the train.

2. (idiomatic, slang) To masturbate, usually a male.
   • 1999, John Stoltenberg, The end of manhood: parables on sex and selfhood, page 245:

     But to learn to love manhood, sooner or later you have to learn to jerk off in one particular way, to the exclusion of some other possible ways.

3. (intransitive, vulgar) To do nothing; to waste time.

   Stop jerking off. We've got a deadline.

4. (transitive, vulgar) To deceive.

   He was jerking us all off about how advanced the project was.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:masturbate

Derived terms

• jerk-off, jerkoff

Related terms

• jack off
• jerk
• JOI

Translations

to masturbate

Armenian: ժաժ տալ (žaž tal) Azerbaijani: kəfləmə atmaq, kəfləmə vurmaq, suxoy atmaq, suxoy vurmaq Belarusian: драчы́ць impf (dračýcʹ) Bikol Central: jakol Bulgarian: мастурбирам (masturbiram) Catalan: pelar-se-la (ca) Chinese: Cantonese: 打炮 (daa2 paau3) Mandarin: 打手槍／打手枪 (zh) (dǎ shǒuqiāngi), 打飛機／打飞机 (zh) (dǎ fēijī), 見伍姑娘／见伍姑娘 (jiàn Wǔ gūniang), 打炮 (zh) (dǎpào) Min Nan: 拍手銃 (zh-min-nan), 拍手铳 (phah-chhiú-chhèng) Czech: vyhonit si pf, honit si impf Danish: spille pik, gokke den af, rive den af Dutch: rukken (nl), aftrekken (nl) Estonian: pihku peksma, pihku taguma, onama Faroese: fleyga sær Finnish: runkata (fi), vetää käteen (fi) French: se branler (fr) Georgian: ნძრევა (nʒreva), ანძრევს (anʒrevs) German: wichsen (de), sich einen runterholen Greek: τα ξύνω (ta xýno) Ancient: δέφομαι (déphomai) Hebrew: עשה ביד‎, הביא ביד‎ Hungarian: maszturbál (hu), hokizik, kiveri Icelandic: runka sér Italian: farsi una sega Japanese: めく (ja) (meku), マスをかく (masu o kaku), 抜く (ja) (ぬく, nuku) Korean: 수음하다 (sueumhada), 자위하다 (ko) (jawihada) Latin: glubo Lithuanian: smaukyti Maltese: ġerrieh Polish: walić konia (pl) impf, trzepać gruchę impf Portuguese: tocar punheta, bater punheta (pt) Romanian: a face labă Russian: дрочи́ть (ru) impf (dročítʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: дркати impf Roman: drkati (sh) impf Sicilian: minarisilla (scn) Slovene: dŕkati Spanish: pajearse (es), cascarse (es) Swedish: runka (sv), handtralla (sv) Tagalog: jakol Thai: ชักว่าว (th) (chák-wâao) Turkish: (please verify) asılmak (tr), otuzbir çekmek (tr) Ukrainian: дрочи́ти impf (dročýty) Vietnamese: quay tay (vi) West Frisian: lobje

Noun

jerk off (countable and uncountable, plural jerk offs)

1. (vulgar, countable, slang, US) An annoying person.
2. (vulgar, uncountable, US) An act of masturbation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

   Synonyms: wank, toss, tug, fingering; see also Thesaurus:masturbation

3. (film) A stunt in which the performer is suddenly pulled off a horse, etc. by means of a cable.
   • 2014, Gene Scott Freese, Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s:

     He became one of the industry's top horsemen, specializing in Running Ws, pit falls, and cable jerk-offs.