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Meaning of wanker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
ˈwæŋkə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. Someone who wanks; masturbates.
  2. A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel; a bloater.
  3. A term of abuse.
  4. An idiot, a stupid person.
  5. An annoying person.
  6. An ineffectual person.
  7. Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
  8. A penis.
  9. A very informal term of address used between friends.

Equivalents

Examples

“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."”
“My name it is "wanker"; a leaner or lanker, Salter or ranker, fish never swam.”
“He sniffs. "'Eugh, wankers again."”

CEFR level

C2
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