wank

wank
   1. (off) to masturbate
   Literally, to beat or thrash. As both verb and noun, while wanker is a common term of male insult:
    He himself felt only guilt and depression like as a lad he used to feel when he wanked off. (Lodge, 1988)
    He seems to be recording, in his own graceful way, a wank in the woods. (Fry, 1994)
    Harrison's are a load of wankers. (Sharpe, 1982, illustrating schoolboy, rather than sexual, abuse)
   2. a penis
   Presumably from its function in wank1:
    Her father escaped from a lunatic asylum with bunions on his balls and warts on his wank. (McCourt, 1997)

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