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Webster 1913 Edition


Spank

Spank

(spăṉk)
,
Verb.
T.
[
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.

Spank

,
Noun.
A blow with the open hand; a slap.

Spank

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

Webster 1828 Edition


Spank

SPANK

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

Definition 2024


spank

spank

English

Verb

spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked)

  1. (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.
  2. (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce.
  3. (intransitive) To move rapidly.
    The ship was really spanking along.

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  • over the knee

Noun

spank (plural spanks)

  1. An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
  2. A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.

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