"beat the dummy" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-beat the dummy.wav Forms: beats the dummy [present, singular, third-person], beating the dummy [participle, present], beat the dummy [past], beaten the dummy [participle, past], beat the dummy [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|beat<,,beat,beaten> the dummy|past_ptc2=beat the dummy}} beat the dummy (third-person singular simple present beats the dummy, present participle beating the dummy, simple past beat the dummy, past participle beaten the dummy or beat the dummy)
  1. (LGBTQ, slang, dated) to masturbate Tags: dated, slang Categories (topical): LGBTQ, Masturbation
    Sense id: en-beat_the_dummy-en-verb-0mV7NMf7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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            "Sex",
            "Human",
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            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
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Download raw JSONL data for beat the dummy meaning in English (1.6kB)

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