wankingn.
/ˈwaŋkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwæŋkɪŋ/ coarse slang (originally and chiefly British).
The action of wank v.; masturbation. Also with off.Earliest attested in wanking pit n. at Compounds.
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > masturbation > [noun]
onanism1600
masturbation1603
mastupration1616
self-pollution1619
self-abuse1718
manustupration1728
self-stimulation1860
jerking1889
friggingc1890
autoeroticism1898
autoerotism1898
automanipulation1920
pocket billiards1940
wanking1944
1944 R. Heppenstall in New Road 1944 219 I..prod everybody and utter suitable cries such as ‘Rise and shine’, ‘Show a leg’, ‘Wakey, wakey’, ‘Let's have you’, ‘Get out of them wanking pits’.
1971 P. L. Cave Chopper xi. 106 He'd have so many women he could say goodbye to wanking for life.
1977 Sounds 9 July 23/3 I don't think the cutting was any more extreme than hanging from the rafters or wanking off on stage or vomiting.
2003 R. Herring Talking Cock 118 Wanking wasn't as bad as fornication with a nun which would get you a 40-day penance.
Compounds
wanking pit n. (also wanking couch) Military slang a bed or other place for sleeping.
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1944 R. Heppenstall in New Road 1944 219 I..prod everybody and utter suitable cries such as ‘Rise and shine’, ‘Show a leg’, ‘Wakey, wakey’, ‘Let's have you’, ‘Get out of them wanking pits’.
1966 D. Holbrook Flesh Wounds 39 Wakey, wakey old mate. You want to get smartly outa that wanking pit!
1969 M. Pugh Last Place Left xxvi. 192 You rooting goat. Why can't you take them to your own wanking couch?
2010 R. Holmes Speed Trap xxiii. 179 While you were safe in your wanking pit, the world and his dog were on my neck demanding I do something.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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