Beat off

verb, slang

verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To drive something away with blows or military force. figuratively, often, transitive

    "...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."

  2. 2
    To masturbate by stimulating one's own penis. Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar

    "Example 1: "I don't need a girlfriend. I just need some swimsuit catalogs, so I can beat off six or seven times a day.""

  3. 3
    To waste time. colloquial, idiomatic, intransitive, vulgar

    "I beat off at work all day; I didn't get anything done."

  4. 4
    To shoot (a gun). slang, transitive

    "He beat his pistol off into the air."

Synonyms

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"...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."

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