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to whack one out

to whack one out

1 9.9
To touch yourself sexually until you reach orgasm
  • phrasal verb
  • Offensive
translation icon : hacerse una paja
  • He joked that he was going to whack one out before the big meeting.

Examples

  • Some people find it helps to whack one out to relieve stress.

  • He admitted he had whacked one out before going to sleep.

  • He decided to whack one out before going to bed.

  • Don't disturb him; he might be whacking one out.

  • After a long day at work, he decided to whack one out before going to bed.

  • Feeling stressed, he took a moment to whack one out in the privacy of his room.

  • Many people find it helps to relax; sometimes, they just whack one out after a hard week.

Synonyms

to wank
vsto whack one out
  • Offensive
5 9.9

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

is used especially for male self-stimulation that reaches orgasm

How Intense

to whack one out
  • Offensive
1 9.9
to pleasure oneself
  • Offensive
1 9.8
to touch oneself
  • Offensive
14 9.8

Surface Forms

whack one out infinitive

Morphology

whack + one + out

The constituents 'whack' (commonly 'to strike'), 'one' (a single person/thing) and 'out' (direction/completion) do not transparently combine to mean 'to masturbate'; the phrase is slang and metaphorical. A B1 learner who knows the individual words but has not seen the expression would not reliably infer the sexual/masturbatory sense, so the expression is idiomatic and unpredictable.

Etymology

Whack one out paints a quick, physical picture: whack is a hard, single hit and one shows it is a single act. So the phrase came to mean 'to masturbate' because it suggests a quick, single action that leads to release.