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Webster 1913 Edition

(spăṉk)

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Spanked

(spăṉkt)

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Spanking

[Of unknown origin; cf. LG.

spakken

spenkern

, to run and spring about quickly.]

To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.

Noun.

A blow with the open hand; a slap.

Verb.

To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly.

Thackeray.

Verb.

To strike with the open hand; to slap [A word common in New England.]