masturbation

Meaning

1. (uncountable, usually) Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually) A vain activity.

Synonyms

onanism

self-abuse

wanking

autoeroticism

self consolation

pleasuring oneself

self-pollution

jacking off

self-stimulation

ipsation

manustupration

seff-abuse

pocket pool

mastupration

ipsism

coitus interruptus

wank

autoerotism

Translations

masturbation

Masturbation

masturbación

masturbazione

masturbació

masturbação

masturbatie

onanismo

Selbstbefriedigung

Onanie

zelfbevrediging

onanisme

αυνανισμός

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌmæstəˈbeɪʃ(ə)n/

Etymology

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