Definition of "wanker"

wanker¹

/ˈwæŋkə(ɹ)/

noun
plural wankers
1. (derogatory) A person who masturbates.
2. (derogatory) A term of abuse.
  1. An idiot, a stupid person.
  2. An annoying person.
  3. An ineffectual person.
  4. Someone who shows off too much, a poser or poseur; someone who is overly self-satisfied.
3. A penis.
  Quotations
  He walked closer to the trees and then pulled out his wanker and took a piss. While he was watering a clump of grass he called out calmly to the men in the trees, "We've come in peace to recruit men for our companies of dragoons."
  2019 April 16, Skye Smith, The Pistoleer - Lyme 1644: Novel Nine of the Series by Skye Smith, Skye Smith
4. (humorous) A very informal term of address used between friends.

wanker²

noun
plural wankers
1. (obsolete, Britain, school slang) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel; a bloater.
  Quotations
  My name it is "wanker"; a leaner or lanker, Salter or ranker, fish never swam.
  1892 October, The Felstedian, page 105
  He sniffs. "'Eugh, wankers again."
  1897 June, The Felstedian, page 100