Spank

Quick meaning: Spank is a verb meaning (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce.
2. (transitive) To hit very hard.
3. An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
4. A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.
5. (intransitive) To move quickly and nimbly on foot; to stride or run at a brisk pace.
6. (intransitive) To move or turn rapidly, as the gears of a machine or the sails of a ship.
7. (slang, euphemistic) An instance of masturbation.

Example Sentences

to have a quick spank

The ship was really spanking along.

Three men were about a foot behind my left shoulder trading off spanks on each others butts.

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.

Word Forms

• spanks
• spanking
• spanked
• spaink

Synonyms for spank

Depending on context, synonyms include slap, smack, rout, thrash, trounce, thump.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include larrup, paddle, hit, knock, strike, breech.

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