English Dictionary

beat off

verb

(transitive, now often figuratively) To drive something away with blows or military force. / (intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly US, Canada) To masturbate, usually a man of himself.

He managed to beat off the competition and win the race.

意味（1）

(transitive, now often figuratively) 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.

意味（2）

(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, chiefly US, Canada) To masturbate, usually a man of himself.

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.

意味（3）

(intransitive, idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) To waste time.

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