spanking
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/ˈspæŋkɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- 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
- 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
- Fast and energetic.“a spanking pace”
- Brisk and fresh.“a spanking breeze”
adverb
- (now usually with “new”) An intensifier.“a spanking good time”
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