"circlejerk" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-circlejerk.wav Forms: circlejerks [plural]
Etymology: From circle (noun) + jerk (verb). Etymology templates: {{com|en|circle|jerk|pos1=noun|pos2=verb}} circle (noun) + jerk (verb) Head templates: {{en-noun}} circlejerk (plural circlejerks)
  1. Alternative form of circle jerk. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: circle jerk
    Sense id: en-circlejerk-en-noun-7CwcgrrE Categories (other): Masturbation Disambiguation of Masturbation: 50 50

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-circlejerk.wav Forms: circlejerks [present, singular, third-person], circlejerking [participle, present], circlejerked [participle, past], circlejerked [past]
Etymology: From circle (noun) + jerk (verb). Etymology templates: {{com|en|circle|jerk|pos1=noun|pos2=verb}} circle (noun) + jerk (verb) Head templates: {{en-verb}} circlejerk (third-person singular simple present circlejerks, present participle circlejerking, simple past and past participle circlejerked)
  1. Alternative form of circle jerk. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: circle jerk Derived forms: rejerk, unjerk
    Sense id: en-circlejerk-en-verb-7CwcgrrE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Masturbation Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 26 74 Disambiguation of Masturbation: 50 50

Inflected forms

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