wank
verbnounattested in dialogue
- Australia//ˈwæŋk//
To masturbate.
verb
- 1
slangTo masturbate.
I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking.
She wanked me in the morning.
- 2
slangTo argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank.
Etymology
Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”).
noun
- 1
slangAn act of masturbation.
He’s having a wank!
- 2
slangAn undesirable person.
You utter wank! How could you behave like that?
- 3
slangNonsense, rubbish.
This opera is wank.
Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.
I do sell a lot of wank, don't I?
- 4
slangRidiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.
- 5
slangDrama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space.
Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support.
As we've seen, the wank that broke out at the very first Supernatural fan convention (Asylum) in Coventry, UK in 2007 was partly inspired by Jensen Ackles' joke about Wincest.
The general mission of Twankhard was to highlight various wanks in the fandom and cultivate anon-based discussion of them.
Forms
- plural
- wanks
- past tense
- wanked
- past participle
- wanked
- present participle
- wanking
- third person singular
- wanks