- 1[intransitive, transitive] masturbate (yourself) to give yourself sexual pleasure by rubbing your sexual organs
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- 2[transitive] masturbate somebody to give someone sexual pleasure by rubbing their sexual organs
masturbate
verbNAmE//ˈmæstərˌbeɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they masturbate he / she / it masturbates
past simple masturbated
-ing form masturbating
NAmE//ˌmæstərˈbeɪʃn//
noun [uncountable] NAmE//ˈmæstərbəˌtɔri//
adjectiveSee masturbate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: masturbate