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.
by TubaGuitarMan February 12, 2007
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The act of looking at pornography and instant messaging at the same time.
"I was multitasking so much last night, best IMs ever."
by Raeko November 24, 2007
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When a female or male is "courting" two or more partners at the same time. It's basically a more polite way to call a person a slut or comment on lack of character. Referred to especially when said person "multitasker" has a current relationship with someone else. Multitasking is considered the gateway to cheating and can also be considered cheating.
Tom: Wow, Susan has a boyfriend, yet she's talking to two other dudes.

Will: Damn, she's multitasking like that?

Tom: Yea man, she's straight windows 7..
by Cags Mahoney November 23, 2009
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to use the restroom and brush your teeth at the same time
I was late for work today so I had to multitask!
by sasm June 24, 2004
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The result of the mental reprogramming that occurs over time when people habitually try to tackle multiple tasks simultaneously.
His love for gadgets and gizmos led to severe multitaskalism by the time he was 30
by Daniel Oram March 20, 2008
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doing more than one thing at once.

It is a common fallacy that women are good at multitasking, and men are bad at it. The actual truth is, that men like to do things properly, so they do them one at a time and give them their full attention. Women on the other hand, are happy to do a half-assed job.
'What happened to your car?'
'oh, that. my wife was multitasking - parking and talking on the phone at the same time.'
'oh, well i hope it was an interesting conversation, because she parked a bollard into the side of the car.'
'no, she was talking to me on the phone, and she was really distracted by trying to park.'
'oh. how efficient.'
by jimwade December 17, 2009
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1. To accomplish two or more tasks simultaneously.

2. The act of a CPU concurrently executing two or more interrelated or disassociated job processes.
1. Girls are exceptional at multitasking; they can use chat on Instant Messenger, write emails, surf the internet, talk on their cellular phone, all while applying makeup and talking with their girlfriends about the new boy at school; however, if you ask them an intelligent question their heads will implode.

2. Intel's new CPU with multi-threading allows the processor to multitask without an additional processing core.
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