masturbate

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masturbate

  • /ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/ UK
  • /ˈmæs.tɚ.beɪt/ US
  • /ˈmaː.stə.bæɪt/ Australia

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A back-formation from masturbation, or else from Latin masturbātus (see -ate), past participle of masturbor. Further derivation of the Latin verb is uncertain; see masturbor for more.

verb masturbates · masturbating · masturbated

  1. intransitive To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm. I'm looking for some hot videos to masturbate to.
  2. colloquial, transitive To manually or by other means than one's own genitals stimulate someone else's genitals sexually. Mrs Intiasar’s maids often masturbated her in the morning. It wasn’t something she discussed with anybody, least of all the maids. In fact, she hardly thought about it.
  3. derogatory, informal To stimulate or please oneself by means of anything, not necessarily sexual, that does not get them anywhere; something that wastes their time; something that does not help others or achieve any important goal.

Similar: beat it, crank one out, frig, jerk, jerk it, jerk the gherkin, jerk one off, jerk one out, make the bald man cry, masturbate, mastuprate, play pocket pool

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