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jerking off

jerking off is the present participle and gerund of jerk off.

Meaning of jerk off

Verb

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

  1. (Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar) To masturbate by manually stimulating one's own penis.
    • My partner and I jerk off together sometimes.
  2. (Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, transitive, vulgar) To manually stimulate someone else's penis; to give a hand job.
    • She jerked me off with both hands and it felt so good I almost started crying.
  3. (Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar) To do nothing; to waste time.
    • Stop jerking off. We've got a deadline.
  4. (Australia, Canada, US, idiomatic, transitive, vulgar) To deceive.
    • He was jerking us all off about how advanced the project was.
  5. (Australia, Canada, US, dated, idiomatic) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jerk, off.
    • I climb up in my trees myself, and jerk off the suckers in the trees.1884, Ohio State Horticultural Society, Seventeenth Annual Report of the Ohio State Horticultural Society for the Year 1883-84, page 32

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Noun

jerking off (uncountable)

  1. (vulgar) An act of masturbation.

Questions about jerking off

What does jerking off mean?
Jerking off means an act of masturbation.
What is jerking off the present participle and gerund of?
Jerking off is the present participle and gerund of jerk off.
What part of speech is jerking off?
Jerking off is a noun.

Words near jerking off in the dictionary

  1. jerkinet
  2. jerkinets
  3. jerking
  4. jerking around
  5. jerking it
  6. jerking off
  7. jerking one off
  8. jerking one out
  9. jerking over
  10. jerking the gherkin
  11. jerking up

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