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to masturbate

98 7.7
Touch your own private parts for sexual pleasure
  • verb
  • /ˈmæstərˌbeɪt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : masturbarse
  • Many people prefer to masturbate in private because it is a personal activity.
  • ever masturbated
  • masturbate often
  • women who masturbate

See, I feel like guys masturbating is like gross to people.

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Examples

  • She admitted that she often masturbates to relieve stress after a long day.

  • There was a report that he had been seen masturbating, which he did not deny.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • But if they were there to masturbate, then tough crowd.

  • So some people they show up and masturbate for no reason.

  • OK, this is called would you masturbate to this?

  • And I thought, how am I going to masturbate, you know, without the water?

    Academic text (1990)
  • Have you ever had anybody watch you masturbate?

  • I think about her when I masturbate.

  • There's nowhere to masturbate when my family is in town.

  • - I was just masturbating.

Synonyms

to jerk off
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
30 9.9

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

is the neutral, clinical description not tied to crude or male-only language
to touch oneself
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
14 9.8

To touch your own private parts for sexual pleasure

focuses mainly on sexual pleasure and commonly leads to orgasm
to jack off
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
8 9.9

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure, usually by a man

is the neutral, clinical description not tied to crude or male-only language
to wank
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
5 9.9

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

is the neutral clinical term not specific to region or slang
to play with oneself
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
3 9.1

To touch your own private parts to feel sexual pleasure

is the direct physical act focused on genital stimulation and orgasm
to pleasure oneself
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
1 9.8

To touch your own sexual parts to feel pleasure

focuses on physical genital stimulation that usually produces orgasm
to touch yourself at night
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
9.9

To touch your own sexual parts to feel pleasure at night

describes the act without implying time or joking intent
to she-bop
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
9.9

To touch your own private parts to feel sexual pleasure

is neutral and applies regardless of the person's gender
to spank it
vsto masturbate
  • Offensive
9.9

Touch your own private parts to get pleasure

is the straightforward medical description without figurative or playful tone

How Intense

to masturbate
  • Offensive
98 7.7
to fantasize
  • US
126 4.5

Surface Forms

masturbate infinitive
masturbated past participle
masturbating present participle
masturbates third person singular

Etymology

Masturbate probably comes from Latin parts, including manu 'hand', the same root as manual, and a second part once meaning 'to dishonour'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of using your hand on your own 'private parts', which explains its modern meaning of giving yourself sexual pleasure.