wank

English

Etymology

Etymology unknown, although first known use is 1948 in British slang. As a verb: 1950.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /wæŋk/

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• (US, also) IPA^(key): /weɪŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk

Verb

wank (third-person singular simple present wanks, present participle wanking, simple past and past participle wanked) (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)

1. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.

   I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking.

2. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to.

   She wanked me in the morning.

3. (intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To engage in wank.

Synonyms

• (intransitive, vulgar, masturbate): masturbate, jerk off, play with oneself, wank off, toss, toss off
• (transitive, vulgar, give a hand job to): masturbate
• See also: Thesaurus:masturbate

Related terms

• wanker
• wankery
• wankfest noun

Translations

intransitive: to masturbate

• Afrikaans: skommel
• Armenian: ժաժ տալ (žaž tal)
• Catalan: masturbar-se (ca), fer-se una palla (ca), cascar-se-la (ca), pelar-se-la (ca)
• Dutch: rukken (nl) (vulgar), zich aftrekken (nl), masturberen (nl) (not vulgar)
• Finnish: runkata (fi), vetää käteen (fi), vemputtaa
• French: se branler (fr)
• Georgian: ანძრევს (anʒrevs)
• German: wichsen (de)
• Greek: αυνανίζομαι (el) (avnanízomai), (informal) μαλακίζομαι (el) (malakízomai)
• Italian: masturbarsi (it), farsi una sega (it)
• Japanese: めく (ja) (meku)
• Javanese: ngocok

• Macedonian: дрка (d'rka), удира чакија (údira čákija)
• Norwegian: runke (no), onanere, masturbere
• Portuguese: bater punheta (pt), tocar punheta, masturbar-se
• Romanian: a face labă
• Russian: онани́ровать (ru) impf (onanírovatʹ), мастурби́ровать (ru) impf (masturbírovatʹ), дрочи́ть (ru) impf (dročítʹ) slang
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дркати, издркати, онанисати, мастурбирати

  Roman: drkati (sh), izdrkati, onanisati, masturbirati (sh)

• Slovene: dŕkati
• Spanish: masturbarse (es), cascársela (es), pajearse (es), hacerse la/una paja (es), pelársela (es), (Mexico) chaquetearse (es), hacerse una puñeta
• Swedish: runka (sv)
• Turkish: otuz bir çekmek (tr)

transitive: to masturbate

• Catalan: masturbar (ca), fer una palla (ca), cascar (ca), pelar (ca)
• Dutch: aftrekken (nl)
• Finnish: runkata (fi), vemputtaa
• French: branler (fr)
• Georgian: დაუნძრევს (daunʒrevs)
• German: wichsen (de)
• Greek: αυνανίζω (avnanízo), (informal) μαλακίζω (malakízo)
• Italian: masturbare (it), fare una sega (it)
• Japanese: めく (ja) (meku)
• Macedonian: дрка (d'rka), удира чакија (údira čákija)

• Norwegian: runke (no)
• Polish: walić konia (pl), masturbować (pl)
• Portuguese: masturbar (pt)
• Russian: дрочи́ть (ru) impf (dročítʹ) slang
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дркати, издркати, онанисати

  Roman: drkati (sh), izdrkati, onanisati

• Slovene: dŕkati
• Spanish: masturbar (es), pajear (es), cascar (es), hacer la/una paja (es), pelar (es), (Mexico) chaquetear (es), hacer una puñeta
• Swedish: runka av

Noun

wank (plural wanks) (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)

1. (slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation.

   He’s having a wank!

2. (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An undesirable person

   You utter wank!

3. (slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish.

   This opera is wank.

   Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was a wank.

4. (chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.

Synonyms

• (slang: act of masturbation): toss, tug, fingering
• (obnoxious or pretentious argument): wankery
• See also Thesaurus:masturbation

Derived terms

• fanwank
• tit wank
• posh wank

Translations

act of masturbation

• Catalan: masturbació f, palla (ca) f
• Finnish: runkku (fi), runkki, runkkaus, omakiva
• French: branlage f, branlette (fr) f
• German: Selbstbefriedigung (de) f, onanieren (de)
• Greek: αυνανισμός (el) m (avnanismós), μαλακία (el) f (malakía)
• Indonesian: coli (id), cokil (less vulgar)
• Italian: masturbazione (it) f, sega (it) f

• Norwegian: ronk m, runk m
• Polish: walenie konia, masturbacja (pl)
• Portuguese: masturbação (pt) f, punheta (pt) f
• Russian: дрочка (ru) (dročka)
• Slovene: drkanje n
• Spanish: masturbación (es) f, paja (es) f
• Swedish: runk (sv) c

rubbish, nonsense

• Finnish: paskapuhe (fi)
• Greek: μαλακία (el) f (malakía)
• Italian: cazzata (it) f

• Portuguese: besteira (pt) f
• Russian: чушь (ru) f (čušʹ), отстой (ru) m (otstoj)

References

• “wank” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2018.

Anagrams

• Kwan, kawn, knaw

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German

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aŋk

Verb

wank

1. Imperative singular of wanken.
2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of wanken.