English > masturbation: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure. |
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| Synonym | onanism |
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| Narrower | frottage | masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd) |
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| jacking off, jerking off, hand job, wank | slang for masturbation |
| self-stimulation, self-abuse | manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure |
| Broader | autoeroticism, autoerotism | Using you own body as a sexual object |
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| Spanish | masturbación, onanismo, paja |
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| Catalan | masturbació, onanisme, palla |
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| Verbs | masturbate | get sexual gratification through self-stimulation |
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| masturbate | stimulate sexually |