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Rarespanking
The correct spelling is spanking.
How to pronounce spanking
/ˈspæŋkɪŋ/
verbIPA: /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/
Say it like: Spa-nki-ng
The correct spelling is spanking. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction. For example: "The ship was really spanking along."
Usage Examples
“The ship was really spanking along.”
“Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints”
“a spanking pace”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
- 2.To soundly defeat, to trounce.
- 3.To hit very hard
- 4.To move rapidly.
noun
- 1.A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
- 2.An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
adjective
- 1.Fast and energetic.
- 2.Brisk and fresh.
adverb
- 1.(now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
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