masturbate

From Latin masturbārī. Further derivation uncertain; see masturbor for more.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmæs.tɚ.beɪt/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.stə.bæɪt/
• Hyphenation: mas‧tur‧bate

masturbate (third-person singular simple present masturbates, present participle masturbating, simple past and past participle masturbated)

1. (intransitive) 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.

   I'm looking for some hot videos to masturbate to.

   • 2006, Catherine Purcell, Bruce A. Arrigo, The Psychology of Lust Murder, page 28:

     The primary function of a souvenir fetish is so that the offender can relive the actual event within the context of the fantasy, usually while masturbating to maintain sexual arousal and achieve orgasm (Canter et al., 2004).

2. (transitive, colloquial) To stimulate someone else sexually without penetration of the penis.
   • 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 293:

     Mrs Intiasar’s maids often masturbated her in the morning. It wasn’t something she discussed with anybody, least of all the maids. In fact, she hardly thought about it.

3. (informal, derogatory) 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.

• See Thesaurus:masturbate

masturbate

1. present adverbial passive participle of masturbi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

masturbate

1. inflection of masturbare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

masturbate f pl

1. feminine plural of masturbato

• stamburate

masturbāte

1. vocative masculine singular of masturbātus

• IPA^(key): [masturˈbate]

masturbate f pl or n pl

1. feminine/neuter plural nominative/accusative of masturbat

masturbate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of masturbar combined with te