To manipulate the genitals with the fingers or the hands for sexual satisfaction.
ETYMOLOGY: From the Latin masturbare , to disturb with the hand, possibly derived from masdo , virile member. The word masturbation is said to have been used for the first time by A. Hume in his Treatise Onanism: or Treatise upon the Disorders Produced by Masturbation (1766), but in Gulliver's Travels (1728), Swift makes the following puns: ' My master, Mr. Bates ' and ' poor Master Bates '. See masturbation for synonyms.
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pulling the penis to satisfy himself; male penis erection and have a orgasm
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What you do when you're alone, and no one is there to have sex with you, in order to please yourself.
Usage: My boyfriend dumped me, so i masturbated.
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the act of touching and/or studying oneself in a sexual manner
Usage: It is not socially polite to masturbate in the presence of anyone.