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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the act of slapping on the buttocks;
- Example: "he gave the brat a good spanking"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. quick and energetic;
- Example: "a brisk walk in the park"
- Example: "a lively gait"
- Example: "a merry chase"
- Example: "traveling at a rattling rate"
- Example: "a snappy pace"
- Example: "a spanking breeze"
[syn: alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

spanking \spank"ing\, a.
   1. Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing;
      dashing.
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            Four spanking grays ready harnessed.  --G. Colman,
                                                  the Younger.
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   2. Large; considerable. [Colloq.]
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   3. Very; extremely; -- used especially in the phrase spanking
      new or brand spanking new, meaning completely new and
      unused. [informal]
      [PJC]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Spank \Spank\ (sp[a^][ng]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanked
   (sp[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Spanking.] [Of unknown
   origin; cf. LG. spakken, spenkern, to run and spring about
   quickly.]
   To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

spanking
    adj 1: quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a
           lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling
           rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" [syn:
           alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling,
           snappy, spanking, zippy]
    n 1: the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a
         good spanking"