Spanking Definition
spăngkĭng
spankings
adjective
Swiftly moving; rapid.
Webster's New World
Exceptional of its kind; remarkable.
American Heritage
Swift and vigorous.
A spanking pace.
American Heritage
Brisk.
Webster's New World
Exceptionally fine, large, vigorous, etc.
Webster's New World
adverb
Used as an intensive.
A spanking clean shirt.
American Heritage
Altogether; completely.
Spanking new.
Webster's New World
(colloquial, now usually with “new") An intensifier.
Brand spanking new.
Wiktionary
noun
spankings
A series of smacks, esp. on the buttocks, as in punishing a child.
Webster's New World
An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
Present participle of spank.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Spanking
Noun
Singular:
spanking
Plural:
spankingsOrigin of Spanking
Perhaps of Scandinavian origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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