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tallywhacker

/ˈtæliˌ(h)wækɚ/

tallywhacker noun: penis.

Noun

tallywhacker (plural tallywhackers)

  1. (slang) Penis

tallywhacker meaning in Bengali

tallywhacker in Bengali

লিঙ্গ

Forms of tallywhacker

pluraltallywhackers
alternative formtallywacker

Origin of tallywhacker

Uncertain. Possibly from tally (“mate, counterpart”), from Middle English taly (“a tally stick”), from Anglo-Norman tallie, Old French taillee, taillie, from Medieval Latin tallia, talia, taillia, from Latin talea (“stick, twig”), or alternatively from tail, + wag, likely influenced by whack, + -er. Compare tallywag, an eighteenth century dialect term meaning “penis”. Attested as tallywhacker or tallywacker since the twentieth century.

Questions about tallywhacker

What does tallywhacker mean?
Tallywhacker means penis.
What is tallywhacker in Bengali?
Tallywhacker in Bengali is লিঙ্গ. See Tallywhacker meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is tallywhacker?
Tallywhacker is a noun.
How do you pronounce tallywhacker?
Tallywhacker is pronounced /ˈtæliˌ(h)wækɚ/.
What is the plural of tallywhacker?
The plural of tallywhacker is tallywhackers.

Words near tallywhacker in the dictionary

  1. tallysomycin
  2. tallywacker
  3. tallywackers
  4. tallywag
  5. tallywags
  6. tallywhacker
  7. tallywhackers
  8. tallywoman
  9. tallywomen
  10. talm bout
  11. talma

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tallywhacker (page history and authors); tallywhacker (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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