English Explanatory Dictionary

masturbation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
  2. The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands.
  3. A vain activity that serves only to provide self-indulgent satisfaction without any practical or external value.

Pronunciation

/ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/ /ˌmɑːstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/ /ˌmæstɚˈbeɪʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-masturbation.wav En-us-masturbation.oga

Word forms

masturbation masturbations

Etymology

Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) + -ion.

Synonyms

celebrating Palm Sunday choking the chicken ham shank hand shandy Hand Solo ipsation jacking off jerking off lone rangering manustupration mastupration masturbation milking the sausage onanism peeling the cucumber pocket pool polishing the jewels romancing the bone secret vice self-abuse self-defilement self-love self-pleasure self-pollution shaking hands with the milkman shaking out the curtains solipsism solitary vice spanking the monkey tossing off wank

Related words

masturbate masturbator masturbatory

Derived words

antimasturbation intellectual masturbation masturbational masturbationism masturbationist masturbationlike mental masturbation musturbation mutual masturbation overmasturbation procrasturbation
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