jack-off n.
1. (also jacker-off) a general insult, lit. a masturbator (e,g, at a burlesque show, see cite 1975).
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Americana Sexualis 26: Jagoff (Jackoff) A man who is presumed to masturbate excessively. Any male disliked because of his idiosyncrasies or unconventional social habits. | |
| in Limerick (1953) 258: A young jacker-off of Cawnpore / Never felt a desire for more. | |
| Riot (1967) 197: What if those jack-offs from the school building decide to turn ’em loose? | |
| Thief 312: We spend three hours [...] you jack-off – getting the safe open. | |
 | Same Old Grind 33: Diane’s languid, pensive strip might enthrall some, but to the men in the runway seats it was bad news. ‘Hey, stuck-up! Shake it! Show it! Do something!’ Her exhorters twiddled their pricks to no avail [...] ‘Boo!’ called a jack-off . | |
| Jack in the Box 84: The druggist would know you were a jack-off. | |
| Homeboy 74: Nothing too out of place about a jackoff in a Donald Duck suit in this theater. | |
| Robbers (2001) 16: Fat jackoff died in the saddle. | |
| A Good Fella’s Guide To N.Y. 161: An ‘empty suit’ or ‘jack-off’ was the mobster wanna-be, the guy that just hung around us to feel cool. We were; he wasn’t. | |
| Frank Sinatra in a Blender [ebook] You parked your car in my driveway, jackoff! |
2. (also jack-and-jill-off) an act of masturbation; thus fig., something worthless or pointless.
| in letter 11 June in Charters Letters: 1940–56 374: Cut the comedy and crap and personalia jackoffs. | |
| Essential Lenny Bruce 257: Also [...] the terms asshole, jack-off, tits and ass. | |
| Feast of Snakes 48: ‘Is that what you think, that they’re going to let you stay in here,’ he pointed to the television, ‘watching that jack-off?’. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Dict. Aus. Swearing & Sex Sayings 74: JACK OFF — [W]here a male or female masturbates themselves into orgasm. | |
| ‘Ain’t No Fun’ 🎵 Your back now at the jack-off hour. |
3. attrib. use of sense 2.
| Notes of a Dirty Old Man (1973) 37: I loved like a crazy jackoff dog turned into a pen of heated female bitches. | |
| Gardener Got Her n.p.: If he just waited for the right time, he could really have an adventure, a jackoff fantasy come true. | |
| Burning Desires 300: The event that has been billed as ‘the World’s First Jack-and-Jill-Off party’ is [...] a gay masturbation party. | |
| ‘Ain’t No Fun’ 🎵 Your back now at the jack-off hour. | |
| (con. 1964–8) Cold Six Thousand 182: Holly made the jack-off sign. | |
| ‘Stephanie’ in Destination: Morgue! (2004) 57: They torqued [...] glue sniffers, hopheads, and public jackoff freaks. |
4. as a derog. term of address.
| Get Shorty [film script] I hope you drive better than you fucking spell, jackoff. My name’s Barboni, not Bar-bone. | |
| Lucky You 79: I got a hint for you, too, jackoff: Gimme my money. |
5. in fig. use, a hoax, a confidence trick.
| Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (1969) 391: It’s great to be a part of the greatest jackoff in history. |