masturbate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/
ipa: /ˈmæs.tɚ.beɪt/
ipa: /ˈmaː.stə.bæɪt/
Forms: form: masturbates
form: masturbating
form: masturbated
form: masturbated
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: I'm looking for some hot videos to masturbate to.
text: The primary function of a souvenir fetish is so that the offender can relive the actual event within the context of the fantasy, usually while masturbating to maintain sexual arousal and achieve orgasm (Canter et al., 2004).
ref: 2006, Catherine Purcell, Bruce A. Arrigo, The Psychology of Lust Murder, page 28:
text: I like hotels, they make your bed, make your dinner, send housekeepers up to watch you masturbate, it's a dream.
ref: 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
glosses: 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.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 293:
glosses: To stimulate someone else sexually without penetration of the penis.
glosses: 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.
Synonyms: sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: bash one out
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: bash the bishop
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: bate
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: beat off
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: beat the meat
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: choke the chicken
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: crank the hog
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: diddle
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: fap
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: flick one's bean
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: flog the dong
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: goon
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: have fun with Dick and Jane
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: jack it
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: jack off
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: jerk off
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: jill
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: jill off
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: jork it
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: knock one off
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: knock one out
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: play with oneself
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: polish the pole
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word: rub one out
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word: slap the salami
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: spank the monkey
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: stroke it
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word: tickle the sausage
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: toss off
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: wank
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: wax the dolphin
sense: synonyms of masturbate
word: whack off
word: beat it
word: crank one out
word: frig
word: jerk it
word: masturbate
word: mastuprate
word: play pocket pool
word: pleasure oneself
word: self-abuse
word: self-pollute
word: service oneself
word: skeet
word: toss
word: touch oneself
word: wank off
Hyponyms: word: buff the muffin
word: diddle
word: flick the bean
word: jill
word: jill off
word: itch the ditch
word: pet the kitty
word: play the clitar
word: polish the pearl
word: ring the devil's doorbell
word: bash the bishop
word: beat one's meat
word: beat the bishop
word: bop the bishop
word: choke the chicken
word: flog the dolphin
word: flog the log
word: pull one's pud
word: spank the monkey
word: wax the dolphin
word: whittle the whalebone
Derived terms: intellectual masturbation
mass debate
masturbater
masturbatic
masturbation
masturbator
masturbatorium
masturbatory
masturbatrix
measurebate
mental masturbation
mutual masturbation
nonmasturbating
procrasturbate
Related terms: word: masturbation
word: erection
word: ejaculate