wank

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

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /wæŋk/

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• Rhymes: -æŋk

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.

• (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

• wanker
• wankery
• wankfest (noun)

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

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

   He’s having a wank!

2. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) 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.

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

• fanwank
• tit wank
• posh wank

• “wank” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• Kwan, kawn, knaw

• Rhymes: -aŋk

wank

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