Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wanky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.77 in modern English

Syllables: wanky
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.

British usage; Slang

adj

British usage; Slang

adj

Involving or relating to fanwank.

Slang

Example Sentences

"I do feel like a bit of a jealous wanky idiot."
"Must always have a worse time than me at parties. Must hate parties, students, arty wankers, wanky art students, parties with wanky art students."
"1997 April, Jessica Hopper, L7: The Beauty Process: Triple Platinum, review, Spin, page 161, 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."
"That Leo Sayer haircut and those dungarees, and the stupid laugh and the wanky right-on politics..."
"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."

Etymology

From wank + -y.

Usage

British usage
Slang

Inflected Forms

wankier (comparative) wankiest (superlative)

Derived Forms

wankily wankiness

Rhymes With

frankie yankee cranky lanky swanky hanky hankey spanky skanky janky blankie stanky

Questions

What does wanky mean?: Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
Where does wanky come from?: From wank + -y.

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