"dry beat" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: dry beats [present, singular, third-person], dry beating [participle, present], dry beat [past], dry beaten [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|dry beat<,,beat,beaten>}} dry beat (third-person singular simple present dry beats, present participle dry beating, simple past dry beat, past participle dry beaten)
  1. (Nigeria, otherwise archaic) To beat; to clobber; to thrash. Tags: Nigeria Related terms: drybeating
    Sense id: en-dry_beat-en-verb-vJRGjChb Categories (other): Nigerian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10
  2. (vulgar, slang) To masturbate one's penis without the use of personal lubricant or lotion. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-dry_beat-en-verb-mtyce4XW

Inflected forms

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