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verb (used with object)
1.
to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
noun
2.
a blow given in spanking; a smart or resounding slap.
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Origin:
1720–30; imitative
1720–30; imitative
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verb (used without object)
to move rapidly, smartly, or briskly.
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Word Origin & History
spank
1727, possibly imitative of the sound of spanking. The noun is from 1785.
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