masturbation.
Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
Meaning & usage
Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands.
A vain activity that serves only to provide self-indulgent satisfaction without any practical or external value.
That experimental film was nothing more than intellectual masturbation for the director.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French masturbation, New Latin masturbātiō, masturbātiōnem. By surface analysis, masturbat(e) + -ion.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.