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spank

1  [spangk] ,
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–verb (used with object)
1. to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as in punishment.
–noun
2. a blow given in spanking; a smart or resounding slap.
Origin:
1720–30; imit.

spank

2  [spangk] ,
–verb (used without object)
to move rapidly, smartly, or briskly.
Origin:
1800–10; back formation from spanking
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spank   (spāngk)   
v.   spanked, spank·ing, spanks

v.   tr.
To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
v.   intr.
To move briskly or spiritedly.
n.  A slap on the buttocks.

[Perhaps of imitative origin.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

spank  (v.)
1727, possibly imitative of the sound of spanking. The noun is from 1785.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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