3  definitions  found 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wank 
  n  :  slang  terms  for  masturbation  [syn:  {jacking  off},  {jerking 
  off},  {hand  job}] 
  v  :  get  sexual  gratification  through  self-stimulation  [syn:  {masturbate}, 
  {she-bop},  {jack  off},  {jerk  off}] 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  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). 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  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. 
 
 

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