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beat the dummy

beat the dummy verb: to masturbate.

Verb

beat the dummy (third-person singular simple present beats the dummy, present participle beating the dummy, simple past beat the dummy, past participle beaten the dummy or beat the dummy)

  1. (dated, slang) to masturbate

Forms of beat the dummy

third-person singular presentbeats the dummy
present participlebeating the dummy
pastbeat the dummy
past participlebeaten the dummy
past participlebeat the dummy

Questions about beat the dummy

What does beat the dummy mean?
Beat the dummy means to masturbate.
What part of speech is beat the dummy?
Beat the dummy is a verb.
What is the past tense of beat the dummy?
The past tense of beat the dummy is beat the dummy.

Words near beat the dummy in the dictionary

  1. beat the crowd
  2. beat the daylight out of
  3. beat the daylights out of
  4. beat the drum
  5. beat the drum for
  6. beat the dummy
  7. beat the dust
  8. beat the hoof
  9. beat the meat
  10. beat the odds
  11. beat the pants off

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