masturbate
See also: mastúrbate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin masturbārī. Further derivation uncertain; see masturbor for more.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmæs.tɚ.beɪt/
Audio (GA) (file) - (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈmaː.stə.bæɪt/
- Hyphenation: mas‧tur‧bate
Verb edit
masturbate (third-person singular simple present masturbates, present participle masturbating, simple past and past participle masturbated)
- (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.
- 2006, Catherine Purcell, Bruce A. Arrigo, The Psychology of Lust Murder, page 28:
- 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).
- (transitive, colloquial) To stimulate someone else sexually without penetration of the penis.
- 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 293:
- 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.
- (informal, derogatory) 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 edit
synonyms of masturbate
- bash one out
- bash the bishop
- beat off
- beat the meat
- choke the chicken
- crank the hog
- diddle
- fap
- flog the dong
- flick the bean
- have fun with Dick and Jane
- jack it
- jack off
- jerk off
- jill
- jill off
- knock one off
- knock one out
- play with oneself
- polish the pole
- rub one out
- slap the salami
- spank the monkey
- stroke it
- tickle the sausage
- toss off
- wank
- whack off
Derived terms edit
Derived terms
Translations edit
to masturbate
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Esperanto edit
Adverb edit
masturbate
- present adverbial passive participle of masturbi
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
masturbate
- inflection of masturbare:
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle edit
masturbate f pl
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Participle edit
masturbāte
Romanian edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
masturbate f pl or n pl
Spanish edit
Verb edit
masturbate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of masturbar combined with te