spank
English
Etymology
Probably imitative.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spæŋk/
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Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -æŋk
Political cartoon from 1860 depicting Columbia spanking Stephen A. Douglas over her knee as a punishment, using a switch.
Verb
spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked)
- (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
- (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce.
- (intransitive) To move rapidly.
- The ship was really spanking along.
Derived terms
Translations
to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
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Noun
spank (plural spanks)
- An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
- A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.
Translations
an instance of spanking; a smack or slap
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