Definition of MASTURBATION

masturbation

Meanings

Plural: masturbations

Noun

  • manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure
  • Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
  • A vain activity.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) + -ion.

Synonyms

celebrating Palm Sunday, choking the chicken, ham shank, hand shandy, Hand Solo, ipsation, jacking off, jerking off, lone rangering, manustupration, mastupration, masturbation, milking the sausage, onanism, peeling the cucumber, pocket pool, polishing the jewels, romancing the bone, secret vice, self-abuse, self-defilement, self-love, self-pleasure, self-pollution, shaking hands with the milkman, shaking out the curtains, solitary vice, spanking the monkey, tossing off, wank

Scrabble Score: 16

masturbation is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
masturbation is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
masturbation is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 20

masturbation is a valid Words With Friends word