wank

present singular third person wanks · participle present wanking · participle past wanked · past wanked

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKambitransitiveintransitiveslangTo masturbate.

   She wanked me in the morning.

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   I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking.

   Synonyms: abuse, bash one out, bate, beat it, beat off, crank one out, fap, frig

2. CommonwealthInternetIrelandUKintransitiveslangvulgarlifestyleTo argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank.

plural wanks

1. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableslangvulgarAn act of masturbation.

   He’s having a wank!

   Synonyms: jerk off, toss, tug, fingering, beat one's meat, celebrating Palm Sunday, choking the chicken, ham shank

2. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountablederogatoryslangvulgarAn undesirable person.

   You utter wank! How could you behave like that?

3. CommonwealthIrelandUKslanguncountablevulgarNonsense, rubbish.

   This opera is wank.

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   Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.

   I do sell a lot of wank, don't I?

   2000, Dylan Moran, “Cooking the Books”, in Black Books, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Fran (Tamsin Greig)

4. CommonwealthInternetIrelandUKslanguncountablevulgarlifestyleRidiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.

   Synonyms: wankery

5. CommonwealthIrelandUKcountableslanguncountablelifestyleDrama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space.

   The general mission of Twankhard was to highlight various wanks in the fandom and cultivate anon-based discussion of them.

   2013, "AngstGoddess", quoted in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, unknown page

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   Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support.

   2010, Karen Hellekson, “History, the Trace, and Fandom Wank”, in Heather Urbanski, editor, Writing and the Digital Generation: Essays on New Media Rhetoric, page 64

   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.

   2011, Katherine Larsen, Lynn Zubernis, Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/producer Relationships, page 156

1. A surname.