wanker

noun
/ˈwæŋkə/UK/ˈwæŋkɚ/

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. Someone who wanks

    Someone who wanks; masturbates.

  2. A term of abuse.

  3. A 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."
  4. + 2 more definitions
    1. A very informal term of address used between friends.

    2. A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel

      A 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."

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA