beat one's meat

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beat one's meat

verb beats one's meat · beating one's meat · beat one's meat · beaten one's meat · beat the meat

  1. euphemistic, slang, vulgar To masturbate manually by stroking or rubbing one's penis. I beat my meat instead of having intercourse.

    Similar: masturbate

  2. broadly, slang, vulgar To waste time; to engage in an unproductive activity. He had had the theory that all this space stuff was just the Soviet Union beating its meat, shooting off into space. Other than that he couldn't imagine the slightest use for it all. Space was, after all, space — with nothing in it.

    Similar: fanny about, spin one's wheels

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verb vulgar: to masturbate

Portuguêsbater uma
Deutschsich einen runterholen
Italianofarsi una sega, lucidarsi l'uccello
Ελληνικάμαλακίζομαι malakízomai
Românăda laba, face laba, fute laba, și-o freca
Tiếng Việtthủ dâm, tự sướng

verb vulgar: to waste time

Deutschherumgammeln
Ελληνικάμαλακίζομαι malakízomai
Românăfute timpul, fute vremea, pierde vremea, pierde timpul, prosti, juca

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@misc{beat_one_s_meat_2026,
  title = {beat one's meat},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beat%20one's%20meat},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}