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spanking

/ˈspæŋkɪŋ/
verb
  1. 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. To soundly defeat, to trounce.

  3. To hit very hard

noun
  1. 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"

  2. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.

adjective
  1. Fast and energetic.

    "a spanking pace"

  2. Brisk and fresh.

    "a spanking breeze"

Synonymsstriking
adverb
  1. (now usually with “new”) An intensifier.

    "a spanking good time"

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