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To spank is defined as to slap on the rear-end to punish.

(verb)

An example of to spank is a parent striking their child's butt with an open hand.

See spank in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to strike with something flat, as the open hand, esp. on the buttocks, as in punishment

Origin: echoic

intransitive verb

to move along swiftly or smartly

Origin: < spanking,

noun

a smack given in spanking

See spank in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb spanked, spank·ing, spanks

verb, transitive

To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.

verb, intransitive

To move briskly or spiritedly.

noun

A slap on the buttocks.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps of imitative origin

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