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Yanked vs Wanked - What's the difference?

yanked | wanked |

As verbs the difference between yanked and wanked

is that yanked is (yank) while wanked is (wank).

yanked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (yank)
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    yank

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A sudden, vigorous pull (sometimes defined as mass times jerk, or rate of change of force).
  • Synonyms

    * jerk, tug

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To pull something with a quick, strong action.
  • to remove from circulation
  • They yanked the product as soon as they learned it was unsafe.

    Synonyms

    * (pull with a quick strong action) jerk, tug * (remove from circulation) pull, recall

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    wanked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (wank)
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    wank

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (vulgar) To masturbate.
  • Most men wank over pornography.
    I was so embarrassed when my mother caught me wanking .
  • (vulgar) To masturbate; to give a hand job to.
  • She wanked me in the morning.
  • (intransitive, vulgar, chiefly, fandom, and, Internet slang) To engage in .
  • Synonyms

    * masturbate, jerk off, play with oneself, wank off, toss, toss off * masturbate * See also:

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (slang, vulgar) An act of masturbation.
  • He’s having a wank !
  • (slang, vulgar, pejorative) An undesirable person
  • You utter wanker !
  • (slang, vulgar) Nonsense, rubbish.
  • This opera is wank .
    Did you see that thing on Channel 4? Yeah, it was wank .
    This shit is a whole lot of wank .
  • (chiefly, vulgar, fandom, and, Internet slang) Ridiculous, circular or inappropriately elaborate argument about something, especially if obnoxious, pretentious or unsubstantial.
  • Derived terms

    * fanwank * tit wank

    Synonyms

    * toss, tug, fingering * (obnoxious or pretentious argument) wankery * See also

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