Definition of "wank" in English

verb

1. (intransitive, slang, ambitransitive) To masturbate.

   • I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking.
   • She wanked me in the morning.

2. (intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank.

noun

1. (countable, slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation.

   • He’s having a wank!

2. (countable, slang, vulgar, derogatory) An undesirable person.

   • You utter wank! How could you behave like that?

3. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish.

   • This opera is wank.
   • Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.

4. (uncountable, chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.

5. (countable, uncountable, fandom slang) Drama, 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.