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) (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.

   • 1999, Alan Ball (screenwriter), American Beauty (motion picture), spoken by Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey):

     Look at me, jerking off in the shower. This will be the highlight of my day. It's all downhill from here.

2. (transitive, vulgar) To manually stimulate another person's penis.

   She jerked me off with both hands and it felt so good I almost started crying.

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.
   • 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, w:California Superior Courtsw:Colorado Supreme Courtw:Kansas Supreme Courtet 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.

Derived terms

• jerkoff (noun)

 

Related terms

• jack off
• jerk
• jerk it
• 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)

  Hokkien: 拍手銃／拍手铳 (zh-min-nan) (phah-chhiú-chhèng)

  Mandarin: 打手槍／打手枪 (zh) (dǎ shǒuqiāng), 打飛機／打飞机 (zh) (dǎ fēijī), 見伍姑娘／见伍姑娘 (jiàn Wǔ gūniang), 打炮 (zh) (dǎpào)

• 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 (hu), kiveri
• Icelandic: runka sér
• Italian: farsi una sega
• Japanese: 抜く (ja) (ぬく, nuku), マスをかく (masu o kaku)
• 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, a și-o freca (ro)
• 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), otuz bir çekmek (tr)
• Ukrainian: дрочи́ти impf (dročýty)
• Vietnamese: quay tay (vi)
• West Frisian: lobje
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

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.