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wanky

wanky adjective: like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.

Adjective

wanky (comparative wankier, superlative wankiest)

  1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
    • I do feel like a bit of a jealous wanky idiot.2007, Mathilde Madden, The Silver Collar
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar) Pretentious.
    • Must always have a worse time than me at parties. Must hate parties, students, arty wankers, wanky art students, parties with wanky art students.1993, Henry Normal, Nude Modelling for the Afterlife
    • Donita Sparks′s patented “I'm still dead” vocals and wanky guitar often beg to be fast forwarded (“Drama” comes off like Helmet sans pretentious time signatures), but that′s your problem. L7 are perfectly happy to rock, dress like roadies, and fall off bar stools with glee-filled abandon.1997 April, Jessica Hopper, L7: The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum, review, Spin, page 161
  3. (slang) Involving or relating to fanwank.

Examples of wanky in a sentence

  • That Leo Sayer haircut and those dungarees, and the stupid laugh and the wanky right-on politics...1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, →ISBN:
  • We talked a bit — it was that wanky bar in town, the Art Bar — and first it was good, but then he got going on about justice, how there wasn't any.2008, Richard Flanagan, The Unknown Terrorist:

Forms of wanky

comparativewankier
superlativewankiest

Origin of wanky

From wank + -y.

Words formed from wanky

Words that rhyme with wanky

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about wanky

What does wanky mean?
Wanky means like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
How do you use wanky in a sentence?
That Leo Sayer haircut and those dungarees, and the stupid laugh and the wanky right-on politics...
What part of speech is wanky?
Wanky is an adjective.

Words near wanky in the dictionary

  1. wankstas
  2. wankster
  3. wanksters
  4. wanktard
  5. wanktards
  6. wanky
  7. Wankypedia
  8. Wanless
  9. Wanlesses
  10. Wanli
  11. Wanlockhead

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