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whittle the whalebone

whittle the whalebone verb: to masturbate.

Verb

whittle the whalebone (third-person singular simple present whittles the whalebone, present participle whittling the whalebone, simple past and past participle whittled the whalebone)

  1. (slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
    • Both “whittling the whalebone” and “polishing the pearl” are so ingrained in our DNA that infants have been known to handle their business long before it's open for business.2010, Kristen Schaal, Rich Blomquist, The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex, Chronicle Books, →ISBN, page 64

Forms of whittle the whalebone

third-person singular presentwhittles the whalebone
present participlewhittling the whalebone
past participlewhittled the whalebone
pastwhittled the whalebone

Questions about whittle the whalebone

What does whittle the whalebone mean?
Whittle the whalebone means to masturbate.
What part of speech is whittle the whalebone?
Whittle the whalebone is a verb.
What is the past tense of whittle the whalebone?
The past tense of whittle the whalebone is whittled the whalebone.

Words near whittle the whalebone in the dictionary

  1. whittle away
  2. whittle down
  3. whittle down to size
  4. Whittle likelihood
  5. Whittle likelihoods
  6. whittle the whalebone
  7. Whittle-le-Woods
  8. whittled
  9. whittled down
  10. whittled down to size
  11. whittled the whalebone

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