WANK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wank mean? 

• WANK (noun)
  The noun WANK has 1 sense:

1. slang for masturbation

  Familiarity information: WANK used as a noun is very rare.

• WANK (verb)
  The verb WANK has 1 sense:

1. get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

  Familiarity information: WANK used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WANK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slang for masturbation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

hand job; jacking off; jerking off; wank

Hypernyms ("wank" is a kind of...):

masturbation; onanism (manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Derivation:

wank (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)

• WANK (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they wank    ... he / she / it wanks   
Past simple: wanked   
Past participle: wanked   
-ing form: wanking   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank

Hypernyms (to "wank" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

"Wank" entails doing...:

caress; fondle (touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner)

Verb group:

masturbate (stimulate sexually)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wank"):

scarf (masturbate while strangling oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

wank (slang for masturbation)

wanker (terms of abuse for a masturbator)