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👩 A young woman 🍻 To seek women
to wench

to wench

1 9.9
To spend time with women by flirting or acting in a not respectable way
  • verb
  • /wɛnʧ/
  • NSFW
: andar con mujeres (arcaico, vulgar)
  • The sailors spent their evenings wenching in the taverns, seeking the company of women.

Examples

  • After a long day at sea, the crew enjoyed wenching as a means of relaxation.

  • He doesn't go in for hunting, or fishing, or wenching.

    Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

  • I'm not one of your drinking cronies, carousing and wenching in the taverns.

    Witchfinder General (1968)

  • He was known for wenching and telling stories to charm the ladies at night.

Compounds

bar wench
  • Slur
1 9.9

A woman who serves drinks in a bar, often in old stories or costume parties

beer wench
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A woman who serves beer in a pub, often wearing a costume

bed wench
  • Slur
1 9.9

An insulting name for a woman thought to be sexually available, also used in the past for a household servant

How Promiscuous

to womanize
  • NSFW
11 8.4
to wench
  • NSFW
1 9.9
to chat up
  • NSFW
24 7.8
to flirt
253 3.1

Surface Forms

wench infinitive
wenched past
wenched past participle
wenching present participle
wenches third person singular

Etymology

Wench as a verb comes from the noun wench and meant to seek the company of women in a rough or disreputable way, so to 'wench' is to go after women in a flirtatious or disrespectful manner.