Wank

Wank
ecorded as Wank, Wanck, Wancke, the diminutive Wankel, the occupational Wankmuller (Germany), and in England as Wanklin, Wankling, and Wanklyn, all diminutives, this is a surname of pre 7th century Anglo-Saxon and early German origins. It has two possible meanings in its base forms, although as a compound such as Wankmuller, meaing a miller by a path, the options are greatly increased. The base form translations are either topographical and describe person who lived by a path or bye road (wank), or the same word used in a transferred sense as a medieval nickname for a person regarded by his friends or peer group, as having a fickel personality! In most countries in Europe, surnames from nicknames form one of the largest groups in the surname listings. Those surnames considered overly robust or obscene, of which there were many, have now disappeared, or have been replaced by gentrified versions. In this case early examples of the surname recordings in both countries include Haintz Wankmuller of Hindelang, Germany in 1451, Hans Wank in the charters of Kempten also Germany, in 1454, Dorothie Wanklyn who married Robert Davies at the church of St Benet Fink, in the city of London on May 16th 1585, and Ambrose Wanklin christened at St Pauls, Covent Garden, on August 27th 1713.

Surnames reference. 2013.

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  • wank — [ wæŋk ] verb intransitive or transitive BRITISH OFFENSIVE to MASTURBATE (=rub your sex organs for pleasure) ╾ wank noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • wank — Brit. vulgar slang ► VERB (also wank off) ▪ masturbate. ► NOUN ▪ an act of masturbating. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • wank — act of (male) masturbation, 1948, slang. As a verb, from 1950. Related: Wanked; wanking …   Etymology dictionary

  • wank — [waŋk] [Vulgar Slang, Chiefly Brit.] Chiefly Brit. Slang Vulgar vi. to masturbate: sometimes with off n. an instance of masturbating …   English World dictionary

  • wank — /wæŋk / (say wangk) Colloquial (taboo) –verb (i) 1. to masturbate. –noun 2. an act or instance of masturbation. 3. a hobby: flying is his wank. 4. behaviour which is self indulgent or egotistical: the lecture was just a wank. –phrase 5. wank on,… …  

  • wank — UK [wæŋk] / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms wank : present tense I/you/we/they wank he/she/it wanks present participle wanking past tense wanked past participle wanked British offensive to masturbate (= rub your sex organs for… …   English dictionary

  • wank — • to masturbate. e.g. I was dying for a wank . Can also be used as a negative retort Oh wank! and more recently to describe a something considered useless etc. e.g. I hate the Spice Girls, they re a load of old wank! …   Londonisms dictionary

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