noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Repetitive behavior intended to stimulate one's senses. uncountable
2. 2
   manual stimulation of your own genital organ for sexual pleasure wordnet
3. 3
   Masturbation. euphemistic, rare, uncountable

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Synonyms

All synonyms

autostimulationself-abusestimstimming

Etymology

From self- + stimulation. Autism-related sense common since around 1970, before which other terms were also used.

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