spank

[US]/spæŋk/
[UK]/spæŋk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. slap with an open hand; hit a child on the buttocks
n. a slap

Phrases & Collocations

give a spanking

punish by spanking

deserve a spanking

spanked for misbehaving

receive a spanking

spank for discipline

spank for disobedience

Example Sentences

a spanking clean shirt.

very proud of their spanking new kitchen

we had a spanking time.

a spanking white Rolls Royce.

A spanking breeze is a boon to sailors.

If you’re naughty, mother will spank you.

gave the child a spanking; was given life imprisonment for the crime.

she was spanked for spilling ink on the carpet.

Spanking is an indignity to a teenager.

Then, as they were just passing the Round Tower, the young man shouted: "Stand by there to lower the topsails and jib; brail up the spanker!"

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