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spanking




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spanking
     1. adj. Fast and energetic.
           a spanking pace
     2. adj. (often, nautical) Brisk and fresh.
           a spanking breeze
     3. adv. (colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
           brand spanking new
           a spanking good time
     4. n. A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
           Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints
     5. n. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
spank
     1. v. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
     2. v. To soundly defeat, to trounce.
     3. v. To hit very hard
     4. v. (intransitive) To move rapidly.
           The ship was really spanking along.
     5. n. An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
     6. n. A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.

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Example Sentences

What you need is a good spanking



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