wanker

English

Etymology

From wank +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwæŋkər/
• Rhymes: -æŋkə(r)

Noun

wanker (plural wankers)

1. A person who wanks.
2. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) An idiot, a stupid, annoying or ineffectual person.
3. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang, pejorative) Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
4. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang, humorous, vulgar) A very informal address used between friends.

Usage notes

• Used mainly of males.

Synonyms

• (person who wanks): masturbator, onanist, pickle tickler
• (idiot):
  • (Australian) fuckwit
  • (UK) tosspot, tosser, bawbag, knobber, knobhead
  • (US) jerk, jerkoff

Derived terms

• wankerish

Translations

person who wanks

• Arabic: ممارس العادة السرية (ar) m
• Bulgarian: чикиджия,m
• Dutch: rukker (nl)
• Finnish: runkkari (fi)
• French: branleur (fr) m
• German: Wichser (de) m
• Greek: μαλάκας (el) (malákas) m 
• Italian: segaiolo (it) m
• Lithuanian: smaukytojas (lt) m
• Malay: melancap (ms)

• Maori: kaitītoitoi (mi)
• Norwegian: runker (no) m
• Portuguese: punheteiro (pt) m
• Romanian: labagiu (ro) m
• Russian: дрочер (ru) (dročer), дрочила (ru) (dročila)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: дркаџија m, дркатор m, онаниста m, мастурбатор m

  Roman: drkadžija m, drkator m, onanista m, masturbator m

• Spanish: pajero (es) m, pajera (es) f, pajillero (es) m, pajillera (es) f, pajizo (es) m
• Turkish: otuz birci (tr)
• Welsh: haliwr (cy)

idiot

• Bulgarian: идиот (bg) m (idiot)
• Dutch: nietsnut (nl)
• Finnish: runkkari (fi)
• French: con m (man), conne f (woman); conard or connard m (man), conarde or connarde f (woman); conasse or connasse f (woman)
• German: Wichser (de) m
• Greek: μαλάκας (el) (malákas) m 
• Hebrew: אידיוט (he) (idiot) m

• Italian: coglione (it) m
• Malay: bebal (ms)
• Norwegian: dust (no) m, idiot (no) m, (archaic) tølper (no) m
• Polish: idiota (pl) m
• Portuguese: idiota (pt)
• Russian: идиот (ru) m (idiot)
• Spanish: puñetero (es) m, pendejo (es) m, huevón (es) m, gilipollas (es), idiota (es) m and f

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