- 1[intransitive, transitive] masturbate (yourself) to give yourself sexual pleasure by rubbing your sexual organs
- 2[transitive] masturbate somebody to give somebody sexual pleasure by rubbing their sexual organs Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Latin masturbat- ‘masturbated’, from the verb masturbari, of unknown origin.
masturbate
verbBrE BrE//ˈmæstəbeɪt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmæstərbeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they masturbate BrE BrE//ˈmæstəbeɪt//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmæstərbeɪt//
he / she / it masturbates BrE BrE//ˈmæstəbeɪts//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmæstərbeɪts//
past simple masturbated BrE BrE//ˈmæstəbeɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmæstərbeɪtɪd//
past participle masturbated BrE BrE//ˈmæstəbeɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmæstərbeɪtɪd//
-ing form masturbating BrE BrE//ˈmæstəbeɪtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//ˈmæstərbeɪtɪŋ//
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