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WANK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Slang for masturbation

Synonyms:

hand job; jacking off; jerking off; wank

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("wank" is a kind of...):

masturbation; onanism (manual stimulation of the genital organs (of yourself or another) for sexual pleasure)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

Derivation:

wank (get sexual gratification through self-stimulation)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Get sexual gratification through self-stimulation

Synonyms:

fuck off; jack off; jerk off; masturbate; she-bop; wank

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "wank" is one way to...):

excite; stimulate; stir (stir feelings in)

"Wank" entails doing...:

caress; fondle (touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner)

Verb group:

masturbate (stimulate sexually)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wank"):

scarf (masturbate while strangling oneself)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

wank (slang for masturbation)

wanker (terms of abuse for a masturbator)

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