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wankerish

wankerish adjective: like a wanker (obnoxious person).

Adjective

wankerish (comparative more wankerish, superlative most wankerish)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) Like a wanker (obnoxious person).
    • Caroline underlines her copy with the Bic pen she always carries along with her sketching pencils. And I told her that was a wankerish thing to do, but she keeps right on doing it even in public.1994, Edward Farrell Marsicano, No satisfaction: and, The happy time, page 67
    • But I wasn't sorry to prod him a bit; his preciousness about the grind of years, or the loss of youth, was sometimes as wankerish as his arrogance.2008, Dhivan Thomas Jones, Green Eros, page 176

Forms of wankerish

comparativemore wankerish
superlativemost wankerish

Origin of wankerish

From wanker + -ish.

Questions about wankerish

What does wankerish mean?
Wankerish means like a wanker (obnoxious person).
What part of speech is wankerish?
Wankerish is an adjective.

Words near wankerish in the dictionary

  1. Wankel engines
  2. wanker
  3. wanker's cramp
  4. wankerdom
  5. wankered
  6. wankerish
  7. wankers
  8. wankery
  9. Wankes
  10. wankette
  11. wankettes

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