Originating as a predominantely British term for masturbation, to wank is to play lead guitar that's basically equivalent to masturbation; characterized by notes in the very high end of the scale being played super-fast and repetitiously, almost always in the metal genre. Generally used in a derogatory way.
Can be used as a verb or a noun, so the lead guitarist can also be called a wank (or wanker if you prefer) and his playing would be wanking.
Wank. Wanker. Wanking.
Can be used as a verb or a noun, so the lead guitarist can also be called a wank (or wanker if you prefer) and his playing would be wanking.
Wank. Wanker. Wanking.
by just a girl with a brain December 12, 2022

by Got Bent Last Night September 10, 2023

by Catalan Johnni April 27, 2023

When you receive an unsolicited video of someone crouched down, so low you can see their goofy, in front of a mirror jerking it and blowing their load on said mirror.
by JamesBr November 30, 2023

by cyclopentane June 27, 2023

Act of spending one's time with very complicated theoretical problems which, when solved, do not serve for anything useful or practical.
J: Did you understand the sense of the problem in theoretical quantum mechanics which we solved in our course today?
P: It was just some brain-wanking. It does not have any practical meaning.
P: It was just some brain-wanking. It does not have any practical meaning.
by xxteapot November 30, 2011
