masturbate

Stimulate oneself sexually

To masturbate is to stimulate one's own genitals for sexual pleasure, typically to orgasm.

The word also covers stimulating another person's genitals by hand: She masturbated him in the back seat.

Though once taboo to discuss, the word is now clinical and neutral—the standard term in medical and educational contexts.

slang

jerk off

Self-stimulate sexually

  • jack offMale self-stimulation
  • wankMale self-stimulation
  • fapSlang for male self-pleasure

beat off · rub one out · whack off · toss off · spank the monkey · diddle · finger

physical

self-pleasure

Sexual self-stimulation

  • strokeSudden brain blood blockage
  • rubApply friction manually
  • touchPerceiving through physical contact

stimulate · edging · climax · orgasm · ejaculate · arousal · genital · erogenous · pleasure · release

clinical

autoeroticism

Self-stimulation for pleasure

self-gratification · self-abuse

cultural

taboo

Cultural or social prohibition

  • shamePainful awareness of failure
  • guiltMoral self-reproach
  • privacyFreedom from observation

normal · healthy · sexuality · adolescence · puberty · discovery · fantasy · pornography · libido · desire

Opposites
sexual partner involvement

masturbatehave sex

Physical intimacy between partners

make love · copulate · fornicate · couple · mate

sexual engagement vs. abstinence

masturbateabstain

Deliberately not do

refrain · deny oneself

Phrases
Family

masturbation, masturbatory

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