wank

Meanings

Verb

• To masturbate.
• To masturbate; to give a hand job to.
• To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank.

Noun

• An act of masturbation.
• An undesirable person.
• Nonsense, rubbish.
• Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.

Origin

• Unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang.