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spanked

[spangk] Origin

spank

1[spangk]
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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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

Origin:
1720–30; imitative
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spank

2[spangk]
verb (used without object)
to move rapidly, smartly, or briskly.

Origin:
1800–10; back formation from spanking
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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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spanked definition


  1. n.
    drunk. : Those gals are spanked. Who served them all that booze?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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