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beat the cock

idiom
Meaning

To masturbate.


Examples
SIMPLE

He likes to beat the cock before he goes to sleep.

CONTEXTUAL

The teenager was embarrassed when his mother walked in while he was beating the cock.

COMPLEX

In the privacy of his own room, he found that beating the cock provided a necessary release from his daily anxieties.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    Banbury story of a cock and a bull

    A roundabout, nonsensical story.

  2. 02

    beat a dead horse

    To persist or continue far beyond any purpose, interest or reason.

  3. 03

    beat a retreat

    To leave hastily in the face of opposition.

  4. 04

    beat around the bush

    To treat a topic, but omit its main points, often intentionally.

  5. 05

    beat as one

    To share the same feelings.

  6. 06

    beat Banaghan

    To tell wonderful stories, or something which is amazing and remarkable.

  7. 07

    beat feet

    To run.

  8. 08

    beat it

    To leave; to go away.

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