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wank - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
transitive & intransitive verb off. noun noun
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
verb intransitive, vulgar To masturbate .verb transitive, vulgar To masturbate ; to give a hand 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 personnoun slang Nonsense , rubbish .noun Ridiculous , circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious , pretentious or outright unsubstantial .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun verb
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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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