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spank

spæŋk8 senses · 268 ms
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verb/ˈspæŋk/[ˈspæŋk]/ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/
  1. 1

    To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.transitive

  2. 2

    To soundly defeat, to trounce.transitive

  3. 3

    To hit very hard.transitive

    • Spurs had a free-kick on the edge of the Liverpool box. Érik Lamela spanked it low into the wall, got the ball back, played it out to Christian Eriksen.

syn. smack · thrash · trounce · thump · wallop

noun/ˈspæŋk/[ˈspæŋk]/ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/
  1. 1

    An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.

    • Three men were about a foot behind my left shoulder trading off spanks on each others butts.
  2. 2

    A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.

  3. 3

    An instance of masturbation.euphemisticslang

    • spank bank
    • to have a quick spank
verb/ˈspæŋk/[ˈspæŋk]/ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/
  1. 1

    To move quickly and nimbly on foot; to stride or run at a brisk pace.intransitive

  2. 2

    To move or turn rapidly, as the gears of a machine or the sails of a ship.intransitive

    • The ship was really spanking along.
  3. 3

    To shoot out or throw violently; to hurl or knock out.ambitransitive

noun/ˈspæŋk/[ˈspæŋk]/ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/
  1. 1

    A leap or bound.dialectal

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