masturbate
verb /ˈmæstəbeɪt/
/ˈmæstərbeɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they masturbate | /ˈmæstəbeɪt/ /ˈmæstərbeɪt/ |
| he / she / it masturbates | /ˈmæstəbeɪts/ /ˈmæstərbeɪts/ |
| past simple masturbated | /ˈmæstəbeɪtɪd/ /ˈmæstərbeɪtɪd/ |
| past participle masturbated | /ˈmæstəbeɪtɪd/ /ˈmæstərbeɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form masturbating | /ˈmæstəbeɪtɪŋ/ /ˈmæstərbeɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] masturbate (yourself) to give yourself sexual pleasure by rubbing your sexual organs
- [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.