jerk off

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See also: jerkoff and jerk-off

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

  1. (intransitive, vulgar, usually of a male) To masturbate manually.
    Synonyms: jack off; see also Thesaurus:masturbate
    • 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.
  2. (transitive, vulgar) To manually stimulate another person's penis.
  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.
  5. (chiefly dated) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jerk,‎ off.

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jerk off (countable and uncountable, plural jerk offs)

  1. Alternative form of jerkoff (“an obnoxious person”)
  2. (vulgar, US) An act of masturbation.
    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.
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