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dry beat

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To beat; to clobber; to thrash.
    archaic
  2. To masturbate without lubrication or other sexual simulation.
    slang, vulgar

Examples

“Good King of Cats, nothing but one of your nine / liues, that I meane to make⟳ bold withall, and as you shall / vse me hereafter dry beate the rest⟳ of the eight.”
“I will drie-beate you with an yron wit, / And put⟳ vp my yron Dagger.”
“Come⟳ over to the party instead of just dry beating it all night!”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dry beaten dry beating dry beats dry clean dry cleaned dry cleaning

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