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to beat one's meat

9.9
To touch his own penis to feel sexual pleasure
  • idiom
  • Offensive
translation icon : hacerse una paja (vulg.)
  • He laughed with his friends, sharing stories about how they sometimes beat one's meat to relieve stress.

Examples

  • Feeling bored on a weekend, he decided to beat one's meat while watching his favorite adult film.

  • You don't wanna beat your meat.

    Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat (2002)

  • After a long day at work, he often finds it relaxing to beat one's meat in the privacy of his room.

Synonyms

to jerk off
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
30 9.9

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

is the same vulgar male action term without extra nuance
to jack off
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
8 9.9

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

is the same blunt vulgar male action with no major difference
to wank
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
5 9.9

To touch your own private parts to get sexual pleasure

is the same male act term used in nonregional vulgar English
to beating his meat
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To touch a man's penis to get sexual pleasure

is the same crude male action term with identical vulgar sense
to flog the dolphin
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To touch your own penis to make yourself sexually excited

is the same act yet usually stated in more direct vulgar terms
to choke the chicken
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
9.9

To touch a man's penis to make him sexually excited

is the same action but named plainly rather than with an image
to beat the bishop
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
9.9

To touch your own private parts to make yourself sexually excited

is the same vulgar act but expressed without playful humor
to spank it
vsto beat one's meat
  • Offensive
9.9

Touch your own private parts to get pleasure

is focused specifically on the male act rather than any gender

Surface Forms

beat one's meat infinitive
beat one's meat past
beat one's meat past participle
beating one's meat present participle
beats one's meat third person singular

Morphology

beat + one + meat

The meaning 'to masturbate' cannot be derived from the literal words 'beat' (to strike), 'one's' (possessive) and 'meat' (flesh); the phrase is a vulgar sexual slang in which 'meat' is used metaphorically as genitalia and 'beat' is a figurative action. This is an idiomatic, taboo usage that is language-specific and unpredictable, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not reliably infer the intended meaning.

Etymology

Beat one's meat is a rude phrase that gives a strong picture: meat stands for the body or private parts and beat suggests rough, repeated motion. That's why it is used to mean 'to masturbate' and is usually used of men.