MASTURBATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure

Synonyms:

masturbation; onanism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("masturbation" is a kind of...):

autoeroticism; autoerotism (using you own body as a sexual object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "masturbation"):

self-abuse; self-stimulation (manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure)

frottage (masturbation by rubbing against another person (as in a crowd))

Derivation:

masturbate (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)

masturbate (stimulate sexually)