"wank" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /wæŋk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-uk-wank.ogg [UK], En-au-wank.ogg [Australia] Forms: wanks [plural]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|Origin unknown}} Origin unknown, {{m|en|wang}} wang, {{m|en|whang|t=to whack or beat}} whang (“to whack or beat”), {{cog|nl|wanken|t=to move back and forth; move with the hands}} Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} wank (countable and uncountable, plural wanks)
  1. (countable, slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Masturbation Synonyms: jerk off, toss, tug, fingering, masturbation Translations (act of masturbation): masturbació [feminine] (Catalan), palla [feminine] (Catalan), runkkaus (Finnish), runkku (Finnish), runkki (Finnish), omakiva (Finnish), branlage [feminine] (French), branlette [feminine] (French), Selbstbefriedigung [feminine] (German), Onanieren [neuter] (German), αυνανισμός (avnanismós) [masculine] (Greek), μαλακία (malakía) [feminine] (Greek), hokizás (Hungarian), maszti (Hungarian), ruŋkkam (Inari-Lappsch), coli (Indonesian), cokil (english: less vulgar) (Indonesian), masturbazione [feminine] (Italian), sega [feminine] (Italian), ruŋken [Northern] (Lappsch), runk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), håndjager [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), runk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), walenie konia [neuter] (Polish), masturbacja [feminine] (Polish), masturbação [feminine] (Portuguese), punheta [feminine] (Portuguese), дрочка (dročka) (Russian), ruŋkkjummuš (Skolt-Lappsch), drkanje [neuter] (Slovene), masturbación [feminine] (Spanish), paja [feminine] (Spanish), puñeta [feminine] (Spanish), runk [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wank-en-noun-VHb1WnX0 Disambiguation of Masturbation: 51 2 2 2 1 22 19 2 Disambiguation of 'act of masturbation': 99 0 0 0 0
  2. (countable, slang, vulgar, derogatory) An undesirable person. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, derogatory, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-wank-en-noun-BY3gdvq3
  3. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar Translations (rubbish, nonsense): paskapuhe (Finnish), Unsinn [masculine] (German), Blödsinn [masculine] (German), μαλακία (malakía) [feminine] (Greek), cazzata [feminine] (Italian), ciulstwo [neuter] (Polish), besteira [feminine] (Portuguese), чушь (čušʹ) [feminine] (Russian), отстой (otstoj) [masculine] (Russian), dumheter [plural] (Swedish), smörja [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-wank-en-noun-e8LqkYtH Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of British English: 7 7 33 10 18 6 6 13 Disambiguation of 'rubbish, nonsense': 2 1 93 2 2
  4. (uncountable, chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial. Tags: Australia, Internet, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang, uncountable, vulgar Synonyms: wankery
    Sense id: en-wank-en-noun-V2Y3uskh Topics: lifestyle
  5. (countable, uncountable, fandom slang) Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, countable, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Fandom
    Sense id: en-wank-en-noun-hhcWhcZW Disambiguation of Fandom: 8 6 12 11 28 11 11 11 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English Disambiguation of Australian English: 7 6 26 9 33 6 5 8 Disambiguation of New Zealand English: 4 3 32 6 41 4 4 6 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: danger wank, fanwank, posh wank, tit wank, wank bank, wank sock, wankstain

Verb

IPA: /wæŋk/ [UK, US] Audio: en-uk-wank.ogg [UK], En-au-wank.ogg [Australia] Forms: wanks [present, singular, third-person], wanking [participle, present], wanked [participle, past], wanked [past]
Rhymes: -æŋk Etymology: Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”). Etymology templates: {{unk|en|Origin unknown}} Origin unknown, {{m|en|wang}} wang, {{m|en|whang|t=to whack or beat}} whang (“to whack or beat”), {{cog|nl|wanken|t=to move back and forth; move with the hands}} Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} wank (third-person singular simple present wanks, present participle wanking, simple past and past participle wanked)
  1. (intransitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar Categories (topical): Sex Synonyms: masturbate Translations (intransitive: to masturbate): skommel (Afrikaans), ժաժ տալ (žaž tal) (Armenian), мастурбирам (masturbiram) (Bulgarian), masturbar-se (Catalan), fer-se una palla (Catalan), cascar-se-la (Catalan), pelar-se-la (Catalan), rukken [vulgar] (Dutch), zich aftrekken (Dutch), masturberen (note: not vulgar) (Dutch), runkata (Finnish), vetää käteen (Finnish), vemputtaa (Finnish), se branler (French), cascar (Galician), ანძრევს (anʒrevs) (Georgian), wichsen (German), αυνανίζομαι (avnanízomai) (Greek), μαλακίζομαι (malakízomai) [informal] (Greek), hokizik (Hungarian), kiveri (Hungarian), masturbarsi (Italian), farsi una sega (Italian), 抜く (nuku) (alt: ぬく) (Japanese), ngocok (Javanese), дрка (drka) (Macedonian), удира чакија (udira čakija) (Macedonian), runke (Norwegian), onanere (Norwegian), masturbere (Norwegian), masturbować się (Polish), bater punheta (Portuguese), tocar punheta (Portuguese), masturbar-se (Portuguese), face labă (Romanian), онани́ровать (onanírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), мастурби́ровать (masturbírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), дрочи́ть (dročítʹ) [imperfective, slang] (Russian), дркати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), издркати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), онанисати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мастурбирати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), drkati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), izdrkati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), onanisati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), masturbirati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dŕkati (Slovene), masturbarse (Spanish), cascársela (Spanish), pajearse (Spanish), hacerse la/una paja (Spanish), pelársela (Spanish), chaquetearse [Mexico] (Spanish), hacerse una puñeta (Spanish), jalársela (Spanish), runka (Swedish), otuz bir çekmek (Turkish) Translations (transitive: to masturbate (oneself)): онанирам (onaniram) (Bulgarian), fer una palla (Catalan), cascar (Catalan), pelar (Catalan), masturbarse (Catalan), 手淫 (shǒuyín) (Chinese Mandarin), aftrekken (Dutch), runkata (Finnish), vemputtaa (Finnish), branler (French), cascar (Galician), დაუნძრევს (daunʒrevs) (Georgian), wichsen (German), masturbieren (German), αυνανίζω (avnanízo) (Greek), μαλακίζω (malakízo) [informal] (Greek), kiveri neki (Hungarian), masturbare (Italian), fare una sega (Italian), 抜く (nuku) (alt: ぬく) (Japanese), дрка (drka) (Macedonian), удира чакија (udira čakija) (Macedonian), runke (Norwegian), walić konia (Polish), masturbować (Polish), masturbar (Portuguese), дрочи́ть (dročítʹ) [imperfective, slang] (Russian), дркати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), издркати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), онанисати [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), drkati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), izdrkati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), onanisati [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), dŕkati (Slovene), pajearse (Spanish), cascársela (Spanish), hacerse la/una paja (Spanish), pelársela (Spanish), chaquetearse [Mexico] (Spanish), hacerse una puñeta (Spanish), masturbarse (Spanish), runka av (Swedish), otuz bir çekmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-wank-en-verb-~E9p9hIT Disambiguation of Sex: 19 4 5 4 3 36 26 4 Disambiguation of 'intransitive: to masturbate': 58 41 1 Disambiguation of 'transitive: to masturbate (oneself)': 56 43 1
  2. (transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to. Tags: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, slang, transitive, vulgar Synonyms: masturbate
    Sense id: en-wank-en-verb-nrpXAOBA
  3. (intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank. Tags: Australia, Internet, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-wank-en-verb-s32ugDKk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 13 77 Topics: lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wanker, wankery, wankfest [noun], wanky, wank off

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for wank meaning in English (29.3kB)

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          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "vemputtaa"
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "se branler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "cascar"
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "anʒrevs",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "ანძრევს"
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "wichsen"
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "avnanízomai",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "αυνανίζομαι"
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "malakízomai",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "hokizik"
        },
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "kiveri"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "masturbarsi"
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "farsi una sega"
        },
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "alt": "ぬく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nuku",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "抜く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "ngocok"
        },
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          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "drka",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "дрка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "udira čakija",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "удира чакија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "runke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "onanere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "masturbere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "masturbować się"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "bater punheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "tocar punheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "masturbar-se"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "face labă"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "onanírovatʹ",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "онани́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "masturbírovatʹ",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "мастурби́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dročítʹ",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "дрочи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "дркати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "издркати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "онанисати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "мастурбирати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "drkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "izdrkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "onanisati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "masturbirati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "dŕkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "masturbarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "cascársela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "pajearse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "hacerse la/una paja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "pelársela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "chaquetearse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "hacerse una puñeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "jalársela"
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        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "runka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 41 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
          "word": "otuz bir çekmek"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "onaniram",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "онанирам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "fer una palla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "cascar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "pelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "masturbarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǒuyín",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "手淫"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "aftrekken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "runkata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "vemputtaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "branler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "cascar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "daunʒrevs",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "დაუნძრევს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "wichsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "masturbieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "avnanízo",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "αυνανίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "malakízo",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "μαλακίζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "kiveri neki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "masturbare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "fare una sega"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "alt": "ぬく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nuku",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "抜く"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "drka",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "дрка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "udira čakija",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "удира чакија"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "runke"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "walić konia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "masturbować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "masturbar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dročítʹ",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective",
            "slang"
          ],
          "word": "дрочи́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "дркати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "издркати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "онанисати"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "drkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "izdrkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "onanisati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "dŕkati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "pajearse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "cascársela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "hacerse la/una paja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "pelársela"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "tags": [
            "Mexico"
          ],
          "word": "chaquetearse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "hacerse una puñeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "masturbarse"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "runka av"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 43 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
          "word": "otuz bir çekmek"
        }
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          "text": "She wanked me in the morning.",
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        "To masturbate; to give a hand job to."
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        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to."
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        {
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      ],
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        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "slang",
        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        "To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank."
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          "slang"
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          "Internet"
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        [
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          "argue"
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          "wank",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Internet",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "intransitive",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/wæŋk/",
      "tags": [
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        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
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      "word": "tit wank"
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      "word": "wank bank"
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        {
          "word": "tug"
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        {
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "runkkaus"
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        {
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "runkku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "runkki"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "omakiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "branlage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "branlette"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Selbstbefriedigung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Onanieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "avnanismós",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "malakía",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "hokizás"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "maszti"
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "coli"
        },
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          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "cokil"
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          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        {
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sega"
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        {
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
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          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "runk"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "act of masturbation",
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        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "masturbacja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "masturbação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "punheta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dročka",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "дрочка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "smn",
          "lang": "Inari-Lappsch",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "ruŋkkam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Lappsch",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "ruŋken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt-Lappsch",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "word": "ruŋkkjummuš"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "drkanje"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "masturbación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "paja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "puñeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "99 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "act of masturbation",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "runk"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You utter wank! How could you behave like that?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An undesirable person."
      ],
      "id": "en-wank-en-noun-BY3gdvq3",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, slang, vulgar, derogatory) An undesirable person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "derogatory",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 7 33 10 18 6 6 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This opera is wank.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Dylan Moran, “Cooking the Books”, in Black Books, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Fran (Tamsin Greig)",
          "text": "I do sell a lot of wank, don't I?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nonsense, rubbish."
      ],
      "id": "en-wank-en-noun-e8LqkYtH",
      "links": [
        [
          "Nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "rubbish",
          "rubbish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "slang",
        "uncountable",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "word": "paskapuhe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Unsinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Blödsinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "malakía",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "μαλακία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cazzata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ciulstwo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "besteira"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čušʹ",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "чушь"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "otstoj",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "отстой"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "dumheter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 93 2 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "smörja"
        }
      ]
    },
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        "Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial."
      ],
      "id": "en-wank-en-noun-V2Y3uskh",
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "Ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ],
        [
          "circular",
          "circular"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ],
        [
          "obnoxious",
          "obnoxious"
        ],
        [
          "pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "unsubstantial",
          "unsubstantial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wankery"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Internet",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "slang",
        "uncountable",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "7 6 26 9 33 6 5 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 32 6 41 4 4 6",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Zealand English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "8 6 12 11 28 11 11 11",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fandom",
          "orig": "en:Fandom",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Katherine Larsen, Lynn Zubernis, Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/producer Relationships, page 156",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, \"AngstGoddess\", quoted in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, unknown page",
          "text": "The general mission of Twankhard was to highlight various wanks in the fandom and cultivate anon-based discussion of them."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space."
      ],
      "id": "en-wank-en-noun-hhcWhcZW",
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "Drama",
          "drama"
        ],
        [
          "turmoil",
          "turmoil"
        ],
        [
          "disagreement",
          "disagreement"
        ],
        [
          "fannish",
          "fannish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, uncountable, fandom slang) Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wæŋk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-wank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/En-uk-wank.ogg/En-uk-wank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/En-uk-wank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-wank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/En-au-wank.ogg/En-au-wank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-wank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AUS)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wank"
}
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    "British English",
    "English 1-syllable words",
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "New Zealand English",
    "Rhymes:English/æŋk",
    "Rhymes:English/æŋk/1 syllable",
    "en:Fandom",
    "en:Masturbation",
    "en:Sex"
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        "2": "Origin unknown"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "wang"
      },
      "expansion": "wang",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whang",
        "t": "to whack or beat"
      },
      "expansion": "whang (“to whack or beat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "wanking",
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    {
      "form": "wanked",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wanked",
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "wankfest"
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    {
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English vulgarities"
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        {
          "text": "I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "masturbate",
          "masturbate"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate."
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        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
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        "slang",
        "vulgar"
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        "English vulgarities"
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          "masturbate"
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        [
          "hand job",
          "hand job"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, slang, vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "masturbate"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "slang",
        "transitive",
        "vulgar"
      ]
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        "English fandom slang",
        "English internet slang",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
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        "To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank."
      ],
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        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "argue",
          "argue"
        ],
        [
          "pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "insubstantial",
          "insubstantial"
        ],
        [
          "wank",
          "#Noun"
        ]
      ],
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        "(intransitive, vulgar, chiefly fandom slang and Internet slang) To argue in an inappropriate manner or about pretentious or insubstantial matters; to engage in wank."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Internet",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "intransitive",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "skommel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žaž tal",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "ժաժ տալ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "masturbiram",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "мастурбирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturbar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "fer-se una palla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "cascar-se-la"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "pelar-se-la"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "rukken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "zich aftrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "note": "not vulgar",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturberen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "runkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "vetää käteen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "vemputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "se branler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "cascar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "anʒrevs",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "ანძრევს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "wichsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avnanízomai",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "αυνανίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "malakízomai",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "μαλακίζομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "hokizik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "kiveri"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturbarsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "farsi una sega"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nuku",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "抜く"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "ngocok"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "drka",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "дрка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "udira čakija",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "удира чакија"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "runke"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "onanere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturbere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturbować się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "bater punheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "tocar punheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturbar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "face labă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onanírovatʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "онани́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "masturbírovatʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "мастурби́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dročítʹ",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "дрочи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дркати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "издркати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "онанисати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "мастурбирати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "drkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "izdrkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "onanisati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "masturbirati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "dŕkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "masturbarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "cascársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "pajearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "hacerse la/una paja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "pelársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "chaquetearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "hacerse una puñeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "jalársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "runka"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "intransitive: to masturbate",
      "word": "otuz bir çekmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "onaniram",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "онанирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "fer una palla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "cascar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "pelar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "masturbarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒuyín",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "手淫"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "aftrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "runkata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "vemputtaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "branler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "cascar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daunʒrevs",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "დაუნძრევს"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "wichsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "masturbieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avnanízo",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "αυνανίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "malakízo",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "μαλακίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "kiveri neki"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "masturbare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "fare una sega"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぬく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nuku",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "抜く"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "drka",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "дрка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "udira čakija",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "удира чакија"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "runke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "walić konia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "masturbować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "masturbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dročítʹ",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "дрочи́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "дркати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "издркати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "онанисати"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "drkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "izdrkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "onanisati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "dŕkati"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "pajearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "cascársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "hacerse la/una paja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "pelársela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "tags": [
        "Mexico"
      ],
      "word": "chaquetearse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "hacerse una puñeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "masturbarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "runka av"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "transitive: to masturbate (oneself)",
      "word": "otuz bir çekmek"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wank"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Australian English",
    "British English",
    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with unknown etymologies",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs",
    "New Zealand English",
    "Rhymes:English/æŋk",
    "Rhymes:English/æŋk/1 syllable",
    "en:Fandom",
    "en:Masturbation",
    "en:Sex"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "danger wank"
    },
    {
      "word": "fanwank"
    },
    {
      "word": "posh wank"
    },
    {
      "word": "tit wank"
    },
    {
      "word": "wank bank"
    },
    {
      "word": "wank sock"
    },
    {
      "word": "wankstain"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Origin unknown"
      },
      "expansion": "Origin unknown",
      "name": "unk"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "wang"
      },
      "expansion": "wang",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "whang",
        "t": "to whack or beat"
      },
      "expansion": "whang (“to whack or beat”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "wanken",
        "t": "to move back and forth; move with the hands"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Origin unknown. First known use as a verb is 1905, as a noun 1948. Perhaps compare regional slang term wang, whang (“to whack or beat”). Compare Dutch wanken (“to move back and forth; move with the hands”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "wanks",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "wank (countable and uncountable, plural wanks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He’s having a wank!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An act of masturbation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "masturbation",
          "masturbation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "jerk off"
        },
        {
          "word": "toss"
        },
        {
          "word": "tug"
        },
        {
          "word": "fingering"
        },
        {
          "word": "masturbation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You utter wank! How could you behave like that?",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An undesirable person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "undesirable",
          "undesirable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, slang, vulgar, derogatory) An undesirable person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "derogatory",
        "slang",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This opera is wank.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2000, Dylan Moran, “Cooking the Books”, in Black Books, season 1, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Fran (Tamsin Greig)",
          "text": "I do sell a lot of wank, don't I?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Nonsense, rubbish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Nonsense",
          "nonsense"
        ],
        [
          "rubbish",
          "rubbish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "slang",
        "uncountable",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English fandom slang",
        "English internet slang",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "English vulgarities"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "Ridiculous",
          "ridiculous"
        ],
        [
          "circular",
          "circular"
        ],
        [
          "inappropriate",
          "inappropriate"
        ],
        [
          "obnoxious",
          "obnoxious"
        ],
        [
          "pretentious",
          "pretentious"
        ],
        [
          "unsubstantial",
          "unsubstantial"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, chiefly vulgar, fandom slang and Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "wankery"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Internet",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "slang",
        "uncountable",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English fandom slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "Sometimes those involved in the wank will attempt to steer discussion by disguising themselves with a different user name and posting their own support.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Katherine Larsen, Lynn Zubernis, Fandom at the Crossroads: Celebration, Shame and Fan/producer Relationships, page 156",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2013, \"AngstGoddess\", quoted in Anne Jamison, Fic: Why Fanfiction Is Taking Over the World, unknown page",
          "text": "The general mission of Twankhard was to highlight various wanks in the fandom and cultivate anon-based discussion of them."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fandom",
          "fandom"
        ],
        [
          "slang",
          "slang"
        ],
        [
          "Drama",
          "drama"
        ],
        [
          "turmoil",
          "turmoil"
        ],
        [
          "disagreement",
          "disagreement"
        ],
        [
          "fannish",
          "fannish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable, uncountable, fandom slang) Drama, turmoil, or disagreement within a fannish space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "UK",
        "countable",
        "slang",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wæŋk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-æŋk"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-uk-wank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/2/25/En-uk-wank.ogg/En-uk-wank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/En-uk-wank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-wank.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/En-au-wank.ogg/En-au-wank.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/En-au-wank.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AUS)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masturbació"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "runkkaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "runkku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "runkki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "omakiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "branlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "branlette"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstbefriedigung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Onanieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "avnanismós",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αυνανισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "malakía",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαλακία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "hokizás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "maszti"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "coli"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "english": "less vulgar",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "cokil"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masturbazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sega"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "runk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "håndjager"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "runk"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "walenie konia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masturbacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masturbação"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "punheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dročka",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "дрочка"
    },
    {
      "code": "smn",
      "lang": "Inari-Lappsch",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "ruŋkkam"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Lappsch",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "ruŋken"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt-Lappsch",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "word": "ruŋkkjummuš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "drkanje"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "masturbación"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "paja"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "puñeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of masturbation",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "runk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "word": "paskapuhe"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Unsinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Blödsinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "malakía",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "μαλακία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cazzata"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ciulstwo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "besteira"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čušʹ",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чушь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstoj",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отстой"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "dumheter"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rubbish, nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "smörja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wank"
}

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