Usually means: Self-stimulation for sexual pleasure alone.
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General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. masturbate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. masturbate: Merriam-Webster
  3. masturbate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. masturbate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. masturbate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. masturbate: Vocabulary.com
  7. masturbate: Wordnik
  8. masturbate: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. masturbate: Wiktionary
  10. masturbate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. masturbate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. masturbate: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. masturbate: Dictionary.com
  14. masturbate: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Masturbate: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. masturbate: Rhymezone
  17. masturbate: FreeDictionary.org
  18. masturbate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. masturbate: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. masturbate: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. masturbate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Masturbate: MedFriendly Glossary
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  4. masturbate: Medical dictionary

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  1. Masturbate (female): Urban Dictionary

(Note: See masturbated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (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.
verb:  (transitive, colloquial) To stimulate someone else sexually without penetration of the penis.
verb:  (informal, derogatory) 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.

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