A polite way of telling someone you haven't heard a word they said. Commonly used on long conference calls, when the speaker is monotonous, boring, or couldn't make a point of one were drawn for them.
Joe: "Blah, blah corporate office blah, blah, leverage proactively blah, blah human capital and grade-A synergy, blah, blah. Do you agree, Jim?"
Jim: "I'm sorry, Joe, I was multitasking, can you repeat that?"
A nice way to say that you're doing many different things at the same time. And since no one can divide by 0, that means you're doing many different things half-assed.
Joe thought that he would multitask by doing his physics homework during his math class. His multitasking, however, got him a detention and a failed homework grade instead.
A person who deals with more than one task at the same time.
John is reading a book as well as cooking food for his son and cleaning the refrigerator. he is a multitasker.
Someone who can listen to his iPod, read the newspaper, and even answer the phone while sitting on the toilet.
Bitchy wife: Demetri! Get down here right now and help me with these dishes!
Multitasker husband: Sorry Maud, I can't right now-- I'm multitasking
The act of doing two or more things at the same time.
Solving a Rubiks cube while playing Guitar Hero, such as the man in the YouTube video, The Multicolored Multitask (Guitar Hero + Rubik's Cube).
1)Surfing the internet while carrying on an instant message conversaation.
2)Carrying on multiple instant message converations at the same time. Beware of typing something relevant to the wrong conversation.
1)While I chatted with my girlfriend on AIM, I looked up multitasking on Urban Dictionary.
2) person: ...and then my brother was eaten alive by emus.
Me: Yeah, dude, that's hilarious!
person: What the hell!? How is that funny, you sick f***!?
Me: Sorry, I was multitasking. A guy in another AIM conversation told me a joke.
The act of looking at pornography and instant messaging at the same time.
"I was multitasking so much last night, best IMs ever."