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spank noun /spæŋk/ /spæŋk/ jump to other results - a hit given several times on the bottom as a punishment, especially to a child compare smack (1)
spank verb /spæŋk/ /spæŋk/ jump to other results - spank somebody/something to hit somebody, especially a child, several times on their bottom as a punishment
- I used to get beaten and spanked a lot when I was a kid.
- She says she’s never spanked her children.
compare smackTopics Life stagesc2Oxford Collocations DictionarySpank is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps imitative.
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