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SPANK

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A slap with the flat of the hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spank" is a kind of...):

slap; smack; smacking (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)

Derivation:

spank (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

Synonyms:

larrup; paddle; spank

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "spank" is one way to...):

beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)

spanker (a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand)

spanking (the act of slapping on the buttocks)

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