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noun
Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: onanism, self-abuse
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A vain activity that serves only to provide self-indulgent satisfaction without any practical or external value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, figuratively, uncountable, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: onanism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: autoeroticism, autoerotism
Narrower terms: self-stimulation, self-abuse, frottage, jacking off, jerking off, hand job, wank
History
Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) + -ion.
Across languages
186 source translations are retained for this English entry.
