wank
English
Etymology
Origin unknown.[1] First known use as a verb is 1905,[2] as a noun 1948.[1] Perhaps compare regional slang term whang (“to whack or beat”).[2]
Pronunciation
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Audio (UK): (file) Audio (AUS): (file) - Rhymes: -æŋk
Verb
wank (third-person singular simple present wanks, present participle wanking, simple past and past participle wanked) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
- (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:masturbate
- I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking.
- (transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to.
- Synonym: masturbate
- She wanked me in the morning.
- (intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank.
Related terms
Translations
intransitive: to masturbate
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transitive: to masturbate
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Noun
wank (plural wanks) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand)
- (slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
- Synonyms: toss, tug, fingering; see also Thesaurus:masturbation
- He’s having a wank!
- (slang, vulgar, derogatory) An undesirable person
- You utter wank!
- (slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish.
- This opera is wank.
- Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was a wank.
- 2000, Dylan Moran, “Cooking the Books”, in Black Books, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Fran (Tamsin Greig):
- I do sell a lot of wank, don't I?
- (chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.
- Synonym: wankery
Derived terms
Translations
act of masturbation
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rubbish, nonsense
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “wank”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “wank, v.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2019.
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aŋk
Verb
wank
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of wanken.
- (colloquial) (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of wanken.
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