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spanking

/ˈspæŋkɪŋ/

verb

Meaning

  • To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.

  • To soundly defeat, to trounce.

  • To hit very hard

  • To move rapidly.

    "The ship was really spanking along."

noun

Meaning

  • A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

    "Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints"

  • An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.

adjective

Meaning

  • Fast and energetic.

    "a spanking pace"

  • Brisk and fresh.

    "a spanking breeze"

Synonyms

striking

adverb

Meaning

  • (now usually with “new”) An intensifier.

    "a spanking good time"