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masterbation

masterbation is the misspelling of masturbation.

Meaning of masturbation

Noun

masturbation (usually uncountable, plural masturbations)

  1. (usually) Sexual stimulation of one's genitalia or other erotic regions, often to the point of orgasm.
    • Diogenes in sight of all, exercising his Masturbation, bred a longing desire in the bystanders, that in such sort they might fill their bellies by rubbing or clawing the same.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    onanism, self-abuse
  2. (broadly, usually) The stimulation of another person's genitals using the hands.
  3. (derogatory, figuratively, usually) 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.

Questions about masterbation

What is masterbation the misspelling of?
Masterbation is the misspelling of masturbation.

Words near masterbation in the dictionary

  1. masterbatches
  2. masterbate
  3. masterbated
  4. masterbates
  5. masterbating
  6. masterbation
  7. masterbit
  8. masterbits
  9. masterbrand
  10. masterbrands
  11. MasterCard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: masterbation (page history and authors); masturbation (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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