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Wanker

//ˈwæŋkə(ɹ)// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who wanks; masturbates. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar
  2. 2
    A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel; a bloater. British, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang, vulgar

    "My name it is "wanker"; a leaner or lanker, Salter or ranker, fish never swam."

  3. 3
    terms of abuse for a masturbator wordnet
  4. 4
    A term of abuse.; An idiot, a stupid person. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar
  5. 5
    A term of abuse.; An annoying person. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar
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  1. 6
    A term of abuse.; An ineffectual person. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar
  2. 7
    A term of abuse.; Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar
  3. 8
    A penis. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar

    "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.""

  4. 9
    A very informal term of address used between friends. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, humorous, slang, vulgar

Etymology

Etymology 1

From wank + -er.

Etymology 2

UK 1890s. From stwanker, from stinker. Used at Felsted School, Essex.

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