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wanker

American  
[wang-ker] / ˈwæŋ kər /

noun

Chiefly British and Australian Slang: Vulgar.

  1. a contemptible person; jerk.

  2. a male masturbator.

wanker British  
/ ˈwæŋkə /

noun

  1. a person who wanks; masturbator

  2. a worthless fellow

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Etymology

Origin of wanker

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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In a collection of articles published in January 2009, Vidal, Wanker and others described what Vidal terms an empirical framework for assessing protein interactions found in high-throughput screens.

From Nature • Apr. 11, 2012

“Our view is that Y2H can give reliable and reproducible results,” says Wanker.

From Nature • Apr. 11, 2012

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