Usually means: Rude British insult for jerk.
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We found 25 dictionaries that define the word wanker:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. wanker: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. wanker: Merriam-Webster
  3. wanker: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. wanker: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. wanker: Collins English Dictionary
  6. wanker: Vocabulary.com
  7. wanker: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. wanker: Wiktionary
  9. wanker: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. wanker: Dictionary.com
  11. wanker: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Wanker (disambiguation), Wanker: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. wanker: Rhymezone
  14. wanker: FreeDictionary.org
  15. wanker: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. wanker: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. wanker: Magic or Madness
  2. wanker: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Wanker (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. wanker: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. wanker: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  4. Wanker: Dublin Slang and Phrasebook
  5. wanker: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See wankering as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (derogatory) Someone who masturbates.
noun:  (derogatory) A term of abuse.
noun:  An idiot, a stupid person.
noun:  An annoying person.
noun:  An ineffectual person.
noun:  Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
noun:  A penis.
noun:  (humorous) A very informal term of address used between friends.
noun:  (obsolete, British, school slang) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel; a bloater.

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