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wanker¹

  • /ˈwæŋkə/ Australia, UK
  • /ˈwæŋkɚ/ Ireland

Sounds like Huanca (for non-rhotic speakers) · Rhymes with -æŋkə(ɹ)

noun wankers · w****r · w**ker · w-anchor · wanchor · w⚓

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Someone who wanks; masturbates.
  2. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar An idiot, a stupid person.

    Similar: drongo, dropkick, flog, fuckwit, whacker, tosspot, tosser, bawbag, knobber, knobhead, dickhead, jerk

  3. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar An annoying person.
  4. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar An ineffectual person.
  5. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
  6. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar 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."
  7. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, humorous, slang, vulgar A very informal term of address used between friends.

Similar: tosser, masturbator, onanist, pickle tickler, fingerer, w-anchor

wanker²

Where it comes from

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

noun wankers · w****r · w**ker · w-anchor · wanchor · w⚓

  1. Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, obsolete, slang, vulgar 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.

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noun

Similar: tosser, masturbator, onanist, pickle tickler, fingerer, w-anchor

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noun person who masturbates

Españolpajero, pajera, pajillero, pajillera, pajizo, pajerazo
中文尻槍男 /尻枪男
Portuguêspunheteiro
Françaisbranleur
DeutschWichser
Italianosegaiolo
Ελληνικάμαλάκας malákas, αυνάνας avnánas
Românălabagiu, lăbar
Русскийдро́чер dróčer, дрочи́ла dročíla, онани́ст onaníst
العربيةمُمَارِس الْعَادَة السِّرِّيَّة mumāris al-ʕāda s-sirriyya

noun idiot

Españolpuñetero, pendejo, huevón, gilipollas, idiota, mastuerzo
Portuguêsidiota
Françaiscon, conne, conard or connard, conarde or connarde, conasse or connasse
DeutschWichser, Idiot
Italianocoglione
Ελληνικάμαλάκας malákas
Русскийидио́т idiót, дебил debil, муда́к mudák
עבריתאִידְיוֹט idyót

noun someone who shows off too much

Españolfantasma, creído, jactancioso, fanfarrón
Françaisfrimeur, crâneur
DeutschAngeber, Macker, Wichser
Ελληνικάεπιδειξιμανής epideiximanís
Русскийпозёр pozjór, выпендрёжник vypendrjóžnik

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@misc{wanker_2026,
  title = {wanker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wanker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}