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masterbate

masterbate is the misspelling of masturbate.

Meaning of masturbate

Verb

masturbate (third-person singular simple present masturbates, present participle masturbating, simple past and past participle masturbated)

  1. (intransitive) To stimulate oneself sexually, especially by use of one’s hand or a sex toy made for this purpose, often to the point of ejaculation or orgasm.
    • I'm looking for some hot videos to masturbate to.
  2. (colloquial, transitive) To manually or by other means than one's own genitals stimulate someone else's genitals sexually.
    • Mrs Intiasar’s maids often masturbated her in the morning. It wasn’t something she discussed with anybody, least of all the maids. In fact, she hardly thought about it.2021, Leone Ross, This One Sky Day, Faber & Faber Limited, page 293
  3. (derogatory, informal) To stimulate or please oneself by means of anything, not necessarily sexual, that does not get them anywhere; something that wastes their time; something that does not help others or achieve any important goal.

Questions about masterbate

What is masterbate the misspelling of?
Masterbate is the misspelling of masturbate.

Words near masterbate in the dictionary

  1. masterals
  2. masterate
  3. masterates
  4. masterbatch
  5. masterbatches
  6. masterbate
  7. masterbated
  8. masterbates
  9. masterbating
  10. masterbation
  11. masterbit

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masterbate (page history and authors); masturbate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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