jerk-off n.
1. (US, also jerk) an act of masturbation, a masturbator; also attrib., fig.
 | Some Thoughts on Science of Onanism speech to the Stomach Club (Paris) (1971) 1: Cetewayo, the Zulu hero, remarked, ‘a jerk in the hand is worth two in the bush’. | |
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | Sydney Sportsman (Surry Hills, NSW) 13 Jan. 1/2: Home morbid-minded masturbater sent the editor of this paper a filthily-worded Jerk-off about ‘The Trier’s’ tipping. | |
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | in Lexical Evidence 63: Try a jerk-off. | |
| et al. DAUL 110/1: Jerk-off, n. The act of masturbation; a chronic masturbator. | |
| Water from Bucket July 119: I seem to have degenerated into a real ‘jerk victim’—like Bert. I went to it after lunch like a dope fiend towards his kick [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Blue Movie (1974) 77: I had fantasies, wet dreams, a million jerk-offs, you name it, about that broad for the last twenty years! | |
| Gay (Sydney) xxxiii 4/1: Beats where you can pick other homosexuals out for a quick suck, fuck, thrill, or (would you believe) even a jerk, exist all over the major metropolitan centres [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Dict. Aus. Swearing & Sex Sayings 76: JERK OFF — Male masturbation. | |
| 25th Hour 79: For the past three weeks, the nightly jerk-off has starred Mary D’Annunzio. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Great Cock Hunt 74: I have to take some jerk-off breaks [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| www.advancedmasturbation.com 25 Mar. 🌐 I once gave myself 12 jerkoffs in 9 hours of jackoff mania [Simes:DLSS]. |
2. (US) a useless, despised person, a lazy incompetent.
| Christ in Concrete 127: He was the half-pint jerk-off, he was godson, he was the titty-drinker. | |
| ‘Pacific War Lang.’ in AS XXII:1 Feb. 55: jerk, jerk-off. A goof. | |
| see sense 1. | |
| (con. WWII) Thin Red Line (1963) 58: He’s a jerkoff. A mothergrabbing jerkoff. | |
| Mean Streets [film script] I borrow money from you, because you’re the only jerk-off around here who I can borrow money from without payin’ back, right? You know, ’cause [...] that’s what I think of you: a jerk-off. | |
| Breaking Out 158: ‘Now you listen to me, you little jerk-off,’ he snarled. | |
| ‘On the Yankee Station’ in On the Yankee Station (1982) 118: What’re you fuckin doing here, jerk-off? | |
| Vinnie Got Blown Away 86: Course you jerk-off, you fucking know who it is. | |
| Nature Girl 170: Who was that jerk-off with the Band-Aids on his hand? | |
| (con. 1973) Johnny Porno 64: Your name is whatever the fuck I call you, jerkoff. | |
![[Scot]](/static/img/flags/sco.png "Scotland") | Decent Ride 239: The jerk-off screams and falls to the ground. | |
| The Force [ebook] Hey, jerkoff, you took a left, you should have gone right. | |
| Rapino/Amato 30: ‘Man is tough with woman is jerkoff, eh? Fake tough guy’. |
3. (US) a fraud, a pretence.
| Cop Team 161: Wadda ya say we go up and find out if this whole story is a jerk-off. | |
| Different Seasons (1995) 468: ‘No jerk-off, daddy-O,’ Chris said. |
In compounds
(US) acne spots allegdly the result of excessive masturbation.
| in DU (1949) 363/1: jerk bumps. Acne vulgaris. | |
| Hench Coll. in DARE jerk bumps—acne vulgaris. | |
| DARE III 118/1: jack pimple. |
a (habitual) masturbator.
| Portnoy’s Complaint 251: Jerk-off artists of the world unite! You have nothing to lose but your brains! | |
| Cockfighters 40: These kids were experienced jerk-off artists [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Stand by Your Man 94: I’m a world-class jerkoff artist. I can cum maybe five, six times a day! [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Campus Tales Jan. 45/2: I watch you beat your meat [...] I get a quite a daily show. You are a real jerkoff artist!’ [Simes:DLSS]. |
(US gay) a person with whom one masturbates.
| College Stud Rape 103: ‘He’s your jerk-off buddy?’ ‘Right’. | |
| On the Other Hand Death 86: ‘[R]ing up some of your railroad-and real-estate-heir-type jerk-off buddies’ . |
(US gay) a period of time devoted to masturbation.
| Straight Hearts’ Delight : 95End of jerkoff session [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Heads are Winners 107: ‘Think you can go four hours without another jerk session?’ [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Advocate (L.A.) 1 Sept. 36/1: Jackson quietly announces that contact sex will be held downstairs, jerk-off sessions upstairs [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| Autopornography 115: I was originally supposed to [...] have a good long jerk-off session over each of the models [Simes:DLSS]. | |
| www.advancedmasturbation 24 Feb. 🌐 [I]f I went to the showers late, I could be there by myself and have the most wonderful jerkoff sessions [Simes:DLSS]. |