abuse

Related to abuse: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Spousal abuse

abuse (oneself)

To masturbate. A: "Why is he all embarrassed today?" B: "Oh, his crush walked in on him abusing himself. How horrifying is that?"
See also: abuse

abuse of distress

The wrongful or unlawful use or sale of property that has been seized in order to force payment or the performance of some contractual obligation (known in law as the process of distress or distrain). It was a clear case of abuse of distress: the landlord, without a court order, changed the locks on the door and then seized and sold the tenants' belongings only an hour after serving them a notice of eviction.
See also: abuse, distress, of

abuse of privileges

The wrongful or unlawful misuse of power in one's duties, either at the expense of others or to the advantage of the abuser. The governor displayed a flagrant abuse of privileges, channeling state funds toward a project owned by her son-in-law at the expense of more worthwhile causes. The moderator was deemed to have committed an abuse of privileges, deleting comments that opposed his own.
See also: abuse, of, privilege

be wide open to (something)

To be a likely target of anger, criticism, or judgment. You will be wide open to discipline if you keep coming into work late. Because I'm an artist and all of my siblings are doctors, I'm always wide open to criticism at family functions.
See also: open, wide
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

abuse oneself

To masturbate.
See also: abuse
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
See also:
  • abuse (oneself)
  • abuse oneself
  • jag off
  • jagged
  • fap it
  • ball off
  • spank
  • spank the monkey
  • beat one’s meat
  • beat the meat
References in periodicals archive
The report identified several reason why child abuse is rampant.
Her team analyzed nearly 2,000 calls to the National Center on Elder Abuse (NCEA) resource line, created to help people seeking information on how to spot or report elder abuse.
Researchers found that family members were the most frequently identified perpetrators of alleged abuse at nearly 48 per cent of calls in which relationship could be determined.
He said the state government has acquired 500 hectares of land for the construction of the Centre to take care of those who are victims of drug abuse.
While examining the gender differences in the prevalence of abuse and PTSD symptoms, literature clearly documents the dominant prevalence of child abuse in girls due to high vulnerability and in comparison to this boys are less likely to report abuse.3 A general prevalence of child abuse for females has been noticed as 13.5% compared to 2.5% among males.4 In the context of gender difference in PTSD symptoms, particularly in relation to child abuse, most of the literature has focussed only on sexual abuse aspect.4-6 Even within this perspective, it could be viewed from two directions; exposed and not exposed to sexual abuse/trauma.
The new legislation will introduce the first statutory Government definition of domestic abuse to specifically include economic abuse and controlling and manipulative non-physical abuse.
Some six per cent of teenage boys aged between 16 and 19 reported that they had experienced domestic abuse during the year, as did 5.4 per cent of young men aged 20 to 24.
Likewise, 3,508 cases of child abuse had been reported in the year 2014 including 2,141 cases of girl child abuse and 1,367 cases were reported against boy child abuse.
Physical abuse of child occurs when a parent or caregiver causes any no-accidental physical injury to a child.
Last year in Oregon, there were over 35,000 reports of adult abuse. In Lane County, there were 3,137 reports.
Child sexual abuse impacts the child to a great degre, and the trauma continues as the child grows up as well.
It seems that another aspect of child abuse is the consequences of it.
"Pennsylvania is taking a decidedly more proactive approach to child abuse prevention, in part by focusing on finding and fixing the root causes of abuse or neglect," Dichter said.
Domestic violence and abuse can happen to anyone, yet the problem is often overlooked, excused, or denied.