SPANK DEFINITIONS - 12 definitions found
spank n 1: a slap with the flat of the hand v 1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank, paddle, larrup] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) spank I. transitive verb Etymology: imitative Date: circa 1712 to strike especially on the buttocks with the open hand • spank noun II. intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from spanking Date: 1788 to move quickly, dashingly, or spiritedly <spanking along in his new car> Oxford English Reference Dictionary spank Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary spank (spanks, spanking, spanked) If someone spanks a child, they punish them by hitting them on the bottom several times with their hand. When I used to do that when I was a kid, my mom would spank me. VERB: V n English Explanatory Dictionary spank spæŋk v. & n. --v. 1 tr. slap esp. on the buttocks with the open hand, a slipper, etc. 2 intr. (of a horse etc.) move briskly, esp. between a trot and a gallop. --n. a slap esp. with the open hand on the buttocks. [perh. imit.] 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue SPANK (WHIP) To run neatly along, beteeen a trot and gallop. The tits spanked it to town; the horses went merrily along all the way to town. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 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. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Spank \Spank\, n. A blow with the open hand; a slap. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Spank \Spank\, v. i. To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly. --Thackeray. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms spank v. a. Strike (with the open hand), slap. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) spank spæŋk v. slap, smack, put or take over one's knee, thrash, paddle; chastise, punish, castigate; Colloq wallop, tan (someone's) hide, paddywhack, whack, give (someone) a (good) licking or hiding: In those days when you misbehaved you were spanked. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 92 Moby Thesaurus words for "spank": admonish, bang, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, blip, box, bring to book, buffet, bust, call to account, cane, castigate, chastise, chide, clout, club, correct, cowhide, cudgel, cuff, cut, drub, flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hammer, have words with, horsewhip, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lay on, lecture, maul, objurgate, paddle, paste, patter, pelt, pistol-whip, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, punch, punish, rap, rate, rawhide, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, scourge, set down, set straight, slap, sledgehammer, smack, smite, sock, straighten out, strap, stripe, swinge, switch, take down, take to task, thrash, thresh, thump, trounce, truncheon, upbraid, wallop, whack, whale, whip, whop |
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