Meanings
present singular third person rubs one out · participle present rubbing one out · participle past rubbed one out · past rubbed one out
- intransitiveslangvulgarTo masturbate to the point of orgasm by manually stimulating one's penis.
Irish sounded serious when he said, “Oh, yeah, dog, if you get caught rubbing one out in the joint, you're fucked.” I said, “What's rubbing one out mean?” He cackled, and said, “Whackin' off, chokin' your chicken, spankin' the monkey. Come on dog, don't play stupid.”
2012, David Wambaugh, The Last Call, page 178Synonyms: jerk one out, rub one off, rub oneself off, abuse, bash one out, bate, beat it, beat off
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo masturbate to the point of orgasm by manually stimulating one's penis.
Origin
From the notion of rubbing out seminal ejaculate of one’s penis.
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