masturbate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. 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.
  2. To manually or by other means than one's own genitals stimulate someone else's genitals sexually.
  3. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/ /ˈmæs.tɚ.beɪt/ En-us-masturbate.oga /ˈmaː.stə.bæɪt/

Word forms

masturbate masturbates masturbating 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.

Translations

Afrikaans: masturbeer Albanian: masturbohem Arabic: اِسْتَمْنَى Arabic: مَارَسَ الْعَادَة السِّرِّيَّة Armenian: մաստուրբացիայով զբաղվել Azerbaijani: onanizm etmək Basque: masturbatu Belarusian: мастурбава́ць Belarusian: анані́раваць Bengali: হাত মারা Bengali: হস্তমৈথুন করা Central Bikol: salsal Bulgarian: мастурби́рам Bulgarian: онани́рам Catalan: masturbar-se Cebuano: lulu Cebuano: jakol Chinese Cantonese: 打飛機 /打飞机 Chinese Cantonese: 手淫 Chinese Mandarin: 手淫 Chinese Mandarin: 自慰 Chinese Mandarin: 打手槍 /打手枪 Chinese Mandarin: 打膠 /打胶 Chinese Mandarin: 打 Chinese Mandarin: 打手銃 /打手铳 Chinese Mandarin: 擼管 /撸管 Czech: masturbovat Czech: onanovat Danish: masturbere Danish: onanere Dutch: masturberen Esperanto: masturbi Esperanto: sinmasturbi Estonian: masturbeerima Estonian: ennast rahuldama Estonian: eneserahuldamisega tegelema Faroese: fleyga sær Faroese: onanera Finnish: tyydyttää itsensä Finnish: harjoittaa itsetyydytystä Finnish: masturboida Finnish: itsetyydyttää French: masturber French: branler West-Frisian: masturbearje German: masturbieren German: sich befriedigen German: (sich) selbstbefriedigen German: onanieren German: sich einen runterholen German: wichsen Greek: αυνανίζομαι Ancient Greek: ἀναφλάω Ancient Greek: δέφομαι Ancient Greek: λέπομαι Hebrew: אוֹנֵן Hindi: हस्तमैथुन करना Hindi: मुठ मारना Hindi: मूठ मारना Hindi: हिलाना Hungarian: maszturbál Icelandic: runka Icelandic: fróa sér Indonesian: merancap Indonesian: onani Indonesian: masturbasi Italian: masturbare Italian: masturbarsi Japanese: オナニーする Japanese: オナる Japanese: マスターベーションする Japanese: マスをかく Japanese: シコる Japanese: 抜く Japanese: 扱く Jarai: ñăr Khmer: បញ្ឆាច់ Korean: 자위행위를 하다 Korean: 수음하다 Korean: 마스터베이션을 하다 Korean: 자위하다 Central Kurdish: دەست پەڕاندن Central Kurdish: دەست پەڕکاندن Latin: masturbor Latin: glubo Latvian: masturbēt Lithuanian: masturbuoti
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