Dictionary

masturbate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaː.stə.bæɪt/ (Australia)
• /ˈmæ.stə.beɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈmæs.tɚ.beɪt/ (General-American)

Etymology

A back-formation from masturbation, or else from Latin masturbātus (see -ate), past participle of masturbor. Further derivation of the Latin verb is uncertain; see masturbor for more.

Meanings

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 masturbate after finishing my assignments as a reward but now i’ve pavloved myself into getting horny every time i do assignments 2026 April 13, @curemagik, X:
   • 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). 2006, Catherine Purcell, Bruce A. Arrigo, The Psychology of Lust Murder, page 28:
   • I like hotels, they make your bed, make your dinner, send housekeepers up to watch you masturbate, it's a dream. 2013, Norm Macdonald Live, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Norm Macdonald:
   • I'm looking for some hot videos to masturbate to.
2. (colloquial, transitive) To manually or by other means than one's own genitals stimulate someone else's genitals sexually.
   • 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. 2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 293:
3. (derogatory, informal) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

masturbater · procrasturbate · nonmasturbating · masturbatic · fasturbate · masturbatory · fascturbate · masturbator · intellectual masturbation · masturbation · mass debate · masturbative · mutual masturbation · mental masturbation · masturbatrix · masturbatorium · measurebate

Hyponyms

slap the salami · whittle the whalebone · diddle · pet the kitty · jill off · beat the bishop · flog the dolphin · wax the dolphin · beat one's meat · flog the log · play the clitar · bash the bishop · buff the muffin · ring the devil's doorbell · pull one's pud · polish the pearl · cuff the carrot · itch the ditch · bop the bishop · flick the bean · jill · spank the monkey · choke the chicken

Relateds

masturbator · erection · masturbation · ejaculate

Synonyms

have fun with Dick and Jane (synonyms of masturbate) · wank off · play pocket pool · wax the dolphin (synonyms of masturbate) · diddle (synonyms of masturbate) · stroke it (synonyms of masturbate) · masturbate · self-abuse · jerk · make the bald man cry · play with oneself (synonyms of masturbate) · flick one's bean (synonyms of masturbate) · toss off (synonyms of masturbate) · jerk off (synonyms of masturbate) · bash one out (synonyms of masturbate) · jill off (synonyms of masturbate) · mastuprate · wash your elbows (synonyms of masturbate) · rub one off · jack off (synonyms of masturbate) · slap the salami (synonyms of masturbate) · goon (synonyms of masturbate) · bate (synonyms of masturbate) · jill (synonyms of masturbate) · abuse (synonyms of masturbate) · flog the dong (synonyms of masturbate) · rub one out (synonyms of masturbate) · polish the pole (synonyms of masturbate) · choke the chicken (synonyms of masturbate) · beat the meat (synonyms of masturbate) · jerk one off · wank (synonyms of masturbate) · pleasure oneself · tickle the sausage (synonyms of masturbate) · toss · self-pollute · stroke · service oneself · jerk one out · frig · jack it (synonyms of masturbate) · knock one off (synonyms of masturbate) · bash the bishop (synonyms of masturbate) · jork it (synonyms of masturbate) · yank · beat it · fap (synonyms of masturbate) · crank one out · whack off (synonyms of masturbate) · spank the monkey (synonyms of masturbate) · jerk the gherkin · touch oneself · beat off (synonyms of masturbate) · skeet · crank the hog (synonyms of masturbate) · knock one out (synonyms of masturbate) · jerk it

Translations (152)

ru онани́ровать (to masturbate) · sh самозадовоља́вати се (to masturbate) · de (sich) selbstbefriedigen (to masturbate) · fr masturber (to masturbate) · tg ҷалқ задан (to masturbate) · mk онани́ра (to masturbate) · da onanere (to masturbate) · ar مَارَسَ الْعَادَة السِّرِّيَّة (to masturbate) · id masturbasi (to masturbate) · nn onanera (to masturbate) · grc δέφομαι (to masturbate) · ja 扱く (to masturbate) · or ମୁଠି ମାରିବା (to masturbate) · hi मूठ मारना (to masturbate) · cmn 自慰 (to masturbate) · fi tyydyttää itsensä (to masturbate) · it masturbarsi (to masturbate) · id onani (to masturbate) · ro masturba (to masturbate) · fi itsetyydyttää (to masturbate) · et ennast rahuldama (to masturbate) · hy մաստուրբացիայով զբաղվել (to masturbate) · de sich befriedigen (to masturbate) · uk мастурбува́ти (to masturbate) · sh samozadovoljávati se (to masturbate) · lb masturbéieren (to masturbate) · ja 抜く (to masturbate) · is runka (to masturbate) · th ชักว่าว (to masturbate) · bn হস্তমৈথুন করা (to masturbate) · tl jakol (to masturbate) · fy masturbearje (to masturbate) · sv masturbera (to masturbate) · pt masturbar (to masturbate) · hi हिलाना (to masturbate) · id merancap (to masturbate) · sa हस्तमैथुनम् करोति (to masturbate) · sq masturbohem (to masturbate) · cmn 打手銃 /打手铳 (to masturbate) · uk онаніюва́ти (to masturbate) · de masturbieren (to masturbate) · lt masturbuoti (to masturbate) · scn minarisilla (to masturbate) · km បញ្ឆាច់ (to masturbate) · sv klittra (to masturbate) · fa-ira جَلْق زَدَن (to masturbate) · nn masturbera (to masturbate) · tr siftinmek (to masturbate) · no masturbere (to masturbate) · pl onanizować się (to masturbate) · fr manualiser (to masturbate) · sv onanera (to masturbate) · or ହସ୍ତ ମୈଥୁନ (to masturbate) · de onanieren (to masturbate) · fi masturboida (to masturbate) · es masturbarse (to masturbate) · hu maszturbál (to masturbate) · ru мастурби́ровать (to masturbate) · sk masturbovať (to masturbate) · ru дрочить (to masturbate) · ca masturbar-se (to masturbate) · et eneserahuldamisega tegelema (to masturbate) · pl walić gruchę (to masturbate) · ur مٹھ مارنا (to masturbate) · vi quay tay (to masturbate) · la glubo (to masturbate) · ko 수음하다 (to masturbate) · ckb دەست پەڕکاندن (to masturbate) · sl masturbirati (to masturbate) · de sich einen runterholen (to masturbate) · be мастурбава́ць (to masturbate) · fr branler (to masturbate) · af masturbeer (to masturbate) · sh masturbírati (to masturbate) · hi मुठ मारना (to masturbate) · th ช่วยตัวเอง (to masturbate) · gd brod (to masturbate) · de wichsen (to masturbate) · ar اِسْتَمْنَى (to masturbate) · scn minàrisi (to masturbate) · mi pīkoikoi (to masturbate) · cmn 打手槍 /打手枪 (to masturbate) · sv runka (to masturbate) · yue 打飛機 /打飞机 (to masturbate) · ko 자위행위를 하다 (to masturbate) · cmn 擼管 /撸管 (to masturbate) · ceb jakol (to masturbate) · sk onanovať (to masturbate) · sk ukájať (to masturbate) · nl masturberen (to masturbate) · vi thủ dâm (to masturbate) · ms lancap (to masturbate) · ckb دەست پەڕاندن (to masturbate) · tl salsal (to masturbate) · eo masturbi (to masturbate) · el αυνανίζομαι (to masturbate) · cy llawgnychu (to masturbate) · be анані́раваць (to masturbate) · fo onanera (to masturbate) · ko 자위하다 (to masturbate) · hi हस्तमैथुन करना (to masturbate) · he אוֹנֵן (to masturbate) · bcl salsal (to masturbate) · nn runka (to masturbate) · ja マスターベーションする (to masturbate) · cs masturbovat (to masturbate) · sh мастурби́рати (to masturbate) · tr mastürbasyon yapmak (to masturbate) · grc λέπομαι (to masturbate) · cmn 打 (to masturbate) · cs onanovat (to masturbate) · it masturbare (to masturbate) · fa-ira اِسْتِمْنا کَرْدَن (to masturbate) · ko 마스터베이션을 하다 (to masturbate) · pt masturbar-se (to masturbate) · mk мастурби́ра (to masturbate) · is fróa sér (to masturbate) · fo fleyga sær (to masturbate) · tg истимно кардан (to masturbate) · bg мастурби́рам (to masturbate) · fi harjoittaa itsetyydytystä (to masturbate) · uz onanizm qilmoq (to masturbate) · ja シコる (to masturbate) · ceb lulu (to masturbate) · pl masturbować się (to masturbate) · ja オナる (to masturbate) · jra ñăr (to masturbate) · bo འདག་བརྒྱབ (to masturbate) · ja マスをかく (to masturbate) · ne छोल्नु (to masturbate) · lv masturbēt (to masturbate) · da masturbere (to masturbate) · pl uprawiać ipsację (to masturbate) · cmn 打膠 /打胶 (to masturbate) · nb onanere (to masturbate) · mi tītoitoi (to masturbate) · bg онани́рам (to masturbate) · vi tự sướng (to masturbate) · yue 手淫 (to masturbate) · cmn 手淫 (to masturbate) · ja オナニーする (to masturbate) · sv pulla (to masturbate) · eu masturbatu (to masturbate) · grc ἀναφλάω (to masturbate) · la masturbor (to masturbate) · es masturbar (to masturbate) · eo sinmasturbi (to masturbate) · cy mastyrbio (to masturbate) · et masturbeerima (to masturbate) · bn হাত মারা (to masturbate) · ms rancap (to masturbate) · az onanizm etmək (to masturbate)