wanker
nounnounattested in dialogue
- Australia//ˈwæŋkə//
- Ireland//ˈwæŋkɚ//
Someone who wanks; masturbates.
noun
- 1
slangSomeone who wanks; masturbates.
- 2
slangA term of abuse. An idiot, a stupid person.
- 3
slangA term of abuse. An annoying person.
- 4
slangA term of abuse. An ineffectual person.
- 5
slangA term of abuse. Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
- 6
slangA penis.
He walked closer to the trees and then pulled out his wanker and took a piss. While he was watering a clump of grass he called out calmly to the men in the trees, "We've come in peace to recruit men for our companies of dragoons."
- 7
slangA very informal term of address used between friends.
Etymology
Etymology tree English wank Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English wanker From wank + -er.
noun
- 1
obsoleteA salted and lightly smoked herring or mackerel; a bloater.
My name it is "wanker"; a leaner or lanker, Salter or ranker, fish never swam.
He sniffs. "'Eugh, wankers again."
Etymology
UK 1890s. From stwanker, from stinker. Used at Felsted School, Essex.
Forms
- plural
- wankers