beat off

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beat off

verb beats off · beating off · beat off · beaten off

figuratively, often, transitive To drive something away with blows or military force. ...which Action did not so much grieve the English, as trouble and vex the Picts and Scots, who were incessantly gauled and frequently beat off by these Danish Troops.
Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis. She so bad, she make me wanna beat my shit off til' it's purple.
Similar: abuse, bash one out, bate, beat it, beat off, crank one out, fap, frig, goon, jack off, jack it, jerk
colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar To waste time. I beat off at work all day; I didn't get anything done.
slang, transitive To shoot (a gun). He beat his pistol off into the air.

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@misc{beat_off_2026,
  title = {beat off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beat%20off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}