"beat one's meat" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-beat one's meat.ogg Forms: beats one's meat [present, singular, third-person], beating one's meat [participle, present], beat one's meat [past], beaten one's meat [participle, past], beat one's meat [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> one's meat|past_ptc2=beat one's meat}} beat one's meat (third-person singular simple present beats one's meat, present participle beating one's meat, simple past beat one's meat, past participle beaten one's meat or beat one's meat)
  1. (euphemistic, slang, chiefly of a male) To masturbate manually by stroking or rubbing one's penis. Tags: euphemistic, slang Categories (topical): Masturbation Synonyms: beat the meat Synonyms (masturbate): masturbate Translations (vulgar: to masturbate): tumputtaa (Finnish), sich einen runterholen (German), walić konia [imperfective] (Polish), da laba (Romanian), face laba (Romanian), fute laba (Romanian), și-o freca (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-beat_one's_meat-en-verb-KcMvBqTH Disambiguation of Masturbation: 93 7 Categories (other): English euphemisms Disambiguation of 'masturbate': 99 1 Disambiguation of 'vulgar: to masturbate': 98 2
  2. (slang, by extension) To waste time; to engage in an unproductive activity. Tags: broadly, slang Synonyms (waste time): fanny about, spin one's wheels Translations (vulgar: to waste time): tumpeloida (Finnish), herumgammeln (German), opieprzać się [imperfective] (Polish), fute timpul (Romanian), fute vremea (Romanian), pierde vremea (Romanian), pierde timpul (Romanian), prosti (Romanian), juca (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-beat_one's_meat-en-verb-nkUzGNO4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Romanian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English predicates: 39 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'waste time': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'vulgar: to waste time': 0 100

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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