jack off

verb

To masturbate.

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Meanings

verbjack off (third-person singular simple present jacks off, present participle jacking off, simple past and past participle jacked off)

present singular third person jacks off · participle present jacking off · participle past jacked off · past jacked off · alternative abbreviation J-O · alternative abbreviation J/O

  1. CanadaUSambitransitivederogatoryreflexiveslangvulgarTo masturbate.

    Two boys jacking off under railroad bridge. The train shakes through their bodies, ejaculates them, fades with distant whistle.

    1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 81

    Synonyms: jerk off, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat it, beat off, crank one out, fap

  2. CanadaUSderogatoryslangvulgarTo stimulate or please oneself in an unproductive or idle way.
nounjack off (plural jack offs)

plural jack offs · alternative abbreviation J-O · alternative abbreviation J/O

  1. CanadaUSnonstandardNonstandard spelling of jackoff (“a jerkoff”).

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo masturbate.

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jerk offabusebash one outbatebeat itbeat offcrank one outfapfriggoonjack itjerkjerk itjerk the gherkinjerk offjerk one offjerk one outjork itknock one out

More synonyms by meaning

verbget sexual gratification through self-stimulation

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masturbatewankfuck offshe-bopjerk off
Broader
stimulateexcitestir
Also see
beat itbeat offchoke the chickenfap itfuck offgoonjerkjerk offjockmasturbateplay the clitarplay the skin flutepull offpull one's pudrelieverub one offrub one outshagshake hands with the unemployedslap the salamispank itstroketosstoss offwankwax the dolphinwhack offyank

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “jack off,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/jack%20off.

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