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spanking

verb
/ˈspæŋkɪŋ//ˈspeɪ̯ŋkɪŋ/CA

Etymology

From spank (“to punish by swatting”) + -ing (participial suffix) and -ing (gerundial suffix).

  1. formed as spanking — “spank + -ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle of spank

  2. Fast and energetic.

    • a spanking pace
    • 'I'd like nothing better this minute,' said Mr Browne stoutly, 'than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.'

  3. Brisk and fresh.

    • a spanking breeze
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. An intensifier.

      • brand spanking new
      • a spanking good time
      • spanking clean

    2. 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 trestle or A-frame, with or without constraints.

    3. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a…

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

      • Some people think spankings of any sort constitute child abuse.

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Derived

antispanking

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at spanking. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01spanking02fast03impregnable04unvanquishable05vanquished06defeated07beaten08paddling

A definitional loop anchored at spanking. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at spanking

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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