Spanking

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Informal Exceptional of its kind; remarkable.
  • adj. Swift and vigorous: a spanking pace.
  • adj. Brisk and fresh: a spanking breeze.
  • ad. Used as an intensive: a spanking clean shirt.
  • n. A number of slaps on the buttocks delivered in rapid succession, as for punishment.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. Present participle of spank.
  • n. A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
  • n. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
  • adj. Fast and energetic.
  • adj. Brisk and fresh.
  • adj. remarkable of its kind.
  • ad. An intensifier.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.
  • adj. Large; considerable.
  • adj. Very; extremely; -- used especially in the phrase spanking new or brand spanking new, meaning completely new and unused.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Moving with a quick, lively pace; dashing; free-going.
  • Strikingly large, or surprising in any way; going beyond expectation; stunning; whopping. W. Collins, After Dark, Stolen Letter.
  • n. The act of striking with the open hand, or with something flat: a punishment often administered to children.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the act of slapping on the buttocks
  • adj. quick and energetic
    • Equivalent
    energetic   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    correction    discipline   
    Cross Reference
    spanking breeze   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dashing    large    considerable    very    extremely   
    Verb Stem
    spank   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Nanking    banking    blanking    clanking    cranking   
     
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