Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive & intransitive verb To masturbate. Often used with off.
- noun An act of masturbation.
- noun A detestable person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive, vulgar To
masturbate . - verb transitive, vulgar To
masturbate ; to give ahand job to. - verb intransitive (chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To engage in wank.
- noun slang An act of
masturbation . - noun slang, pejorative An
undesirable person - noun slang
Nonsense ,rubbish . - noun
Ridiculous ,circular orinappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially ifobnoxious ,pretentious or outrightunsubstantial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun slang for masturbation
- verb get sexual gratification through self-stimulation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My comments don't refer to the wank directly it's *wank*, but are about free speech and online communities in general:
Archive 2008-07-01 Doctor Science 2008
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My comments don't refer to the wank directly it's *wank*, but are about free speech and online communities in general:
Free speech and the Jerkosphere Doctor Science 2008
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The trouble with all this carbon footprint wank is that China and India will take absolutely no notice whatsoever of any green measures.
Kneel Before the Tree God Newmania 2007
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And there’s obviously an American demographic for whom the combination of ‘Israeli’, ‘female’ and ‘trained to shoot an assault rifle’ is the ultimate in wank-fodder. soullite Says:
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By time I get dress I go down stairs and look at my cellphone and notice I have 30 minutes to eat breakfast and leave out. having a wank is a great way to start the day
GeekLikeMe.net 2009
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For those not in on Britspeak, to wank is to jerk off.
Archive 2006-05-01 Will 2006
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After the automated wank, which is always in clear English you are invited to press a key to speak to someone about their product.
The Lone Voice 2009
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Yeah, this 'wank' as they call it has gotten out of hand.
Someone Is Angry On the Internet grrm 2010
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The real general decided to "wank" it in his armchair today, or what?
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Can the word "wank" repeated 1000 times count as just one word?
"Read Bono's column and, in 20 words or less, explain its theme." Ann Althouse 2009
bilby commented on the word wank
A mountain in Bavaria, Germany. If you would like to see the webcam images, err, presumably from the live Wank-cam, click here.
January 1, 2008
srkrause commented on the word wank
When I was a very young adult I had a friend whose hobby was "collecting" slang terms for this particular activity (NOT the mountain). He never wrote them down, just remembered hundreds of them. Linguists contend that what really matters in a culture will have many words to describe it in all its fascinating details and variations. Money, snow (for Eskimos and Aleuts, etc. I don't recall his relationship status at the time. But one can safely assume that he was never totally without companionship and some degree of comfort.
March 3, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word wank
Strapped to the table with suits from the shelter shop
Comic celebrity takes a back seat as the cigarette catches
And sets off the smoke alarm
What do you make of the cool set in London?
You're constantly updating your hit parade of your ten biggest wanks.
(She's a waitress and she's got style
Sunday bathtime could take a while)
(The boy with the Arab strap, by Belle and Sebastian)
November 12, 2008
john commented on the word wank
“Some publishers insist that consumers will pay for quality, which is perhaps the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. If that were true then, when Sirius satellite radio launched in the US, instead of poaching Howard Stern to lure over paid listeners, they'd have hired Charlie Rose to read out Proust. Meanwhile, the idea that people will pay for quality news or investigative journalism is simply the stuff of journalism professors' wank fantasies.�?
The Guardian, Viva la app app revolution!, by Paul Carr, March 25, 2009
April 1, 2009
yarb commented on the word wank
Down the old Monkey House there is a Cercopithecus wanking
and a baboon (with its thumb stuck up its arse) to revile.
- Peter Reading, Ukulele Music, 1985
May 30, 2009
bilby commented on the word wank
Captain America.
September 23, 2009