wank

3 definitions found

wank - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  wank
      n 1: slang for masturbation [syn: jacking off, jerking off,
           hand job, wank]
      v 1: get sexual gratification through self-stimulation [syn:
           masturbate, wank, fuck off, she-bop, jack off,
           jerk off]

wank - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  wank
  
     /wangk/ [Columbia University: probably by mutation from
     Commonwealth slang "wank", to masturbate] Used much as hack
     is elsewhere, as a noun denoting a clever technique or person
     or the result of such cleverness.  May describe (negatively)
     the act of hacking for hacking's sake ("Quit wanking, let's go
     get supper!") or (more positively) a wizard.  "wanky"
     describes something particularly clever (a person, program, or
     algorithm).  Conversations can also get wanky when there are
     too many wanks involved.  This excess wankiness is signalled
     by an overload of the "wankometer" (compare bogometer).
     When the wankometer overloads, the conversation's subject must
     be changed, or all non-wanks will leave.  Compare
     "neep-neeping" (under neep-neep).  Usage: US only.  In
     Britain and the Commonwealth this word is *extremely* rude and
     is best avoided unless one intends to give offense.
  

wank - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  wank
   /wangk/, n.,v.,adj.
  
     [Columbia University: prob.: by mutation from Commonwealth slang v.
     wank, to masturbate] Used much as hack is elsewhere, as a noun
     denoting a clever technique or person or the result of such
     cleverness. May describe (negatively) the act of hacking for
  hacking's
     sake ("Quit wanking, let's go get supper!") or (more positively) a
     wizard. Adj. wanky describes something particularly clever (a
     person, program, or algorithm). Conversations can also get wanky when
     there are too many wanks involved. This excess wankiness is signalled
     by an overload of the wankometer (compare bogometer). When the
     wankometer overloads, the conversation's subject must be changed, or
     all non-wanks will leave. Compare neep-neeping (under neep-neep).
     Usage: U.S. only. In Britain and the Commonwealth this word is
     extremely rude and is best avoided unless one intends to give
  offense.
     Adjectival wanky is less offensive and simply means `stupid' or
     `broken' (this is mainstream in Great Britain).