Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To perform an act of masturbation.
- intransitive verb To perform an act of masturbation on.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To commit self-abuse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to the point of orgasm.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
stimulate oneselfsexually , especially by use of one’s hand, sometimes with a partner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb stimulate sexually
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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If Ratzinger wants to stay in Italy and scare school kids by telling them God is watching when they French kiss or masturbate, that is his sexual silliness.
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I stick my fingers in my butt when I masturbate, which is several times a day.
Sadly, No! 2008
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In Sunday's Observer, Baroness Warnock urged men who couldn't get sex for free to masturbate, which is not quite how it probably strikes the average punter.
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One of the easiest ways to masturbate is to refrain from touching the shaft and focusing on the foreskin instead.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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I stick my fingers in my butt when I masturbate, which is several times a day.
Sadly, No! 2008
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Lee, citing the support of PETA, expressed confusion and outrage over SeaWorld's latest decision, claiming trainers "masturbate" the whale with "a cow's vagina filled with hot water."
Tommy Lee: SeaWorld Trainers 'Masturbate' Whale With 'A Cow's Vagina' The Huffington Post 2010
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Lee, citing the support of PETA, expressed confusion and outrage over SeaWorld's latest decision, claiming trainers "masturbate" the whale with "a cow's vagina filled with hot water."
Tommy Lee Lashes Out At SeaWorld President, Terry Prather, Over 'Sick And Twisted' Treatment Of Tilikum The Whale The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Because, while it's perfectly all right for men to "masturbate," women doing approximately the same thing are now "cultivating" themselves, according to the good doctor.
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I think Grant Morrison was also forbidden to use the word "masturbate" in Arkham Asylum, even though he used it in the clinical sense.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #145 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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First off, please note as commenter Jack Fear noted, and I probably should mention that the editor most likely only meant that you can't SAY "masturbate" in comics.
Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #145 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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Imakeabunchoflists commented on the word masturbate
How is masturbate an informal term?
March 25, 2017