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spank

verb
/ˈspæŋk//ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/CA

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely of Dutch or Low German origin. Compare North Frisian spanke (“to step with pride”), Saterland Frisian spankje (“to splash”), dialectal Dutch spanken (“to limp, hobble”), Dutch spankeren (“to run away quickly, gallop off”), German Low German spenkern (“to burst, explode, shatter, splash, spray”), Danish spanke (“to strut”), Swedish spånka (“to strut proudly”); originally, equivalent to span + -k. Compare also dialectal English spang (“to leap, bound; shoot out, fling”).

Definitions

  1. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as…

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

  2. To soundly defeat, to trounce.

  3. To hit very hard.

    • 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.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating

      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. A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.

    3. An instance of masturbation.

      • spank bank
      • to have a quick spank
      • I'm not a porn addict. I only watch it when I have a spank. It usually takes less than 10 minutes to go from zipper down to zipper up. And that's it till the next time I spank.

    4. To move quickly and nimbly on foot

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

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

      • The ship was really spanking along.

    6. To shoot out or throw violently

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

    7. A leap or bound.

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Derived

spankable, spankee, spanker, spank it, spank out, spank the monkey, spanky, spank you, spank you very much, unspanked, spanking, spankavision, spank bank, spankies, spanko, spankophile, spanktastic, spankworthy

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for spank. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA