Usually means: Ineffectual, pretentious, or self-indulgent behavior.
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  1. wanky: Merriam-Webster
  2. wanky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. wanky: Collins English Dictionary
  4. wanky: Wordnik
  5. wanky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. wanky: Wiktionary
  7. wanky: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. wanky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. wanky: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. wanky: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (wanky)

adjective:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
adjective:  (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Pretentious.
adjective:  (fandom slang) Involving or relating to fanwank.

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