whanker
A Yorkshire dialect term for anything exceptionally large of its kind — a whopper or a thumper.
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A Yorkshire dialect term for anything exceptionally large of its kind — a whopper or a thumper. Distinct from the superficially similar British profanity wanker, this is a dialect word about size rather than an insult. Used to describe outsized objects, animals, or portions. Now largely archaic but documented in Yorkshire dialect glossaries.
The trout he pulled out was a right whanker — biggest one taken from that river all season.
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(Yorkshire) Any exceptionally large thing.
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(Yorkshire) Very large.
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In Yorkshire dialect, whanking means very large — absolutely massive, an impressive size that warrants a double-take. It's an emphatic intensifier with a satisfying bluntness that Yorkshire speech is famous for. A whanking great hill, a whanking spider, a whanking portion of chips — the word does its job with no ambiguity. Despite sounding like something else entirely to ears outside the region, in Yorkshire it's just good old plain-speaking superlative. Nothing cheeky about it — well, not intentionally.
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(Scotland, Northern England) A large portion, slice or lump.
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(UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.