[spang-king] 
| 1. | moving rapidly and smartly. |
| 2. | quick and vigorous: a spanking pace. |
| 3. | blowing briskly: a spanking breeze. |
| 4. | Informal. unusually fine, great, large, etc.; remarkable; distinctive: a spanking monogram in gold embroidery. |
| 5. | Informal. extremely, strikingly, or remarkably; very: three little girls in spanking new dresses. |
[spangk] ,| 1. | to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., esp. on the buttocks, as in punishment. |
| 2. | a blow given in spanking; a smart or resounding slap. |
[spangk] ,| to move rapidly, smartly, or briskly. |
| 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.] |
| spank·ing (spāng'kĭng) adj.
n. A number of slaps on the buttocks delivered in rapid succession, as for punishment. [Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] spank'ing·ly adv. |