10 definitions found for Spanking

spanking adj 1: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy] n 1: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"

spanking I. adjective Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1666 1. remarkable of its kind 2. being fresh and strong ; brisk II. adverb Date: 1787 very <a spanking clean floor> <spanking new>

spanking
adj., adv., & n.
--adj.
1 (esp. of a horse) moving quickly; lively; brisk (at a spanking trot).
2 colloq. striking; excellent.
--adv. colloq. very, exceedingly (spanking clean).
--n. the act or an instance of slapping, esp. on the buttocks as a punishment for children.

spanking (spankings) 1. If someone gives a child a spanking, they punish them by hitting them on the bottom several times with their hand. Andrea gave her son a sound spanking. N-COUNT 2. If you describe something as spanking new, spanking clean, or spanking white, you mean that it is very new, very clean, or very white. (INFORMAL) ...a spanking new Mercedes... ADV: ADV adj [emphasis]

spanking ˈspæŋkɪŋ adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 (esp. of a horse) moving quickly; lively; brisk (at a spanking trot). 2 colloq. striking; excellent. --adv. colloq. very, exceedingly (spanking clean). --n. the act or an instance of slapping, esp. on the buttocks as a punishment for children.

SPANKING Large.

Spanking Spank"ing, a. 1. Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing. Four spanking grays ready harnessed. --G. Colman, the Younger. 2. Large; considerable. [Colloq.]

Spank Spank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Spanking.] [Of unknown origin; cf. LG. spakken, spenkern, to run and spring about quickly.] To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.

spanking ˈspæŋkɪŋ adj. 1 spic and span, smart, bright, snappy, gleaming, brand-new, fine, remarkable, outstanding, big, large, great: You ought to see Jim Trowbridge's spanking new yacht. 2 brisk, lively, crisp, bracing, fresh, freshening, rattling, strong, invigorating, blustery: A spanking breeze blew up from the west. 3 quick, rapid, swift, lively, snappy, fast, smart, energetic, vigorous, brisk: The pony drew the dogcart at a spanking pace.

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