- A metonymic shift from the act of masturbating to kill time to the act of passing the time in general. It is still not widely used with this definition; the original meaning remains its most popular.
Jack off
verb; other word formation type
to pass the time doing little or nothing
Source : After getting out of class, my friend told me he was going to “jack off until dinnertime and then start doing homework.” (Fall 2011)
Last modified: 5 December 2011