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Webster 1913 Edition
spanking
spank′ing
,Adj.
1.
Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.
Four
spanking
grays ready harnessed. G. Colman, the Younger.
2.
Large; considerable.
[Colloq.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Spanking
SPANK'ING
, ppr.1.
Striking with the open hand 2.
a. Large; stout. [Vulgar.]Definition 2024
spanking
spanking
English
Verb
spanking
- present participle of spank
Noun
spanking (plural spankings)
- 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.
- 2001, John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!
- Some people think spankings of any sort constitute child abuse.
- 2001, John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!
Related terms
Translations
form of physical punishment
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an incident of such an act, also in a non-punitive context
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Adjective
spanking (not comparable)
- Fast and energetic.
- a spanking pace
- James Joyce
- I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.
- (often nautical) Brisk and fresh.
- a spanking breeze
- remarkable of its kind.
- a spanking good time
Synonyms
Adverb
spanking (not comparable)
- (colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
- brand spanking new