whack off

verb

To masturbate.

Meanings

verbwhack off (third-person singular simple present whacks off, present participle whacking off, simple past and past participle whacked off)

present singular third person whacks off · participle present whacking off · participle past whacked off · past whacked off

  1. ambitransitiveslangvulgarTo masturbate.

    Did I mention that when I was fifteen I took it out of my pants and whacked off on the 107 bus from New York?

    1969, Philip Roth, “Cunt Crazy”, in Portnoy’s Complaint, New York: Random House
    1 more example

    […] why is it that I am discomfited by the bizarre fact that the one thing she will do, though in a pleasureless and rather perfunctory way, is to whack me off hour after hour until I am a lifeless and juiceless stalk, exhausted and even humiliated by this dumb pursuit?

    1979, William Styron, chapter 14, in Sophie’s Choice, New York: Random House

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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