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[syn: spank, paddle, larrup]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spank \Spank\, v. i.
To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop;
to move quickly. --Thackeray.
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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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Spank \Spank\, n.
A blow with the open hand; a slap.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
spank
n 1: a slap with the flat of the hand
v 1: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: spank,
paddle, larrup]