spank

== English == === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈspæŋk/, [ˈspæŋk] (æ-raising) (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/, [ˈspeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈspɛ̃ŋk/, [ˈspɛ̃ŋk] Rhymes: -æŋk Hyphenation: spank === Etymology 1 === Uncertain. Possibly imitative, or perhaps a special use of Etymology 2 (below) in the sense of a horse stamping its foot against the ground. There is no evidence of a relation with Portuguese espancar (“to batter, strike”). ==== Verb ==== spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked) (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification. (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce. (transitive) To hit very hard. 2018 September 15, Barney Ronay, The Guardian, Finely tuned Liverpool are really getting into Jürgen Klopp’s groove: Spurs had a free-kick on the edge of the Liverpool box. Érik Lamela spanked it low into the wall, got the ball back, played it out to Christian Eriksen. ===== Synonyms ===== (beat on the buttocks as punishment) slap, smack (usual term outside US and Canada) (soundly defeat) rout, thrash, trounce (hit very hard) smack, thump, wallop ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Noun ==== spank (plural spanks) An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. A slapping sound, as produced by spanking. (slang, euphemistic) An instance of masturbation. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Uncertain. Likely of Dutch or Low German origin. Compare North Frisian spanke (“to step with pride”), Saterland Frisian spankje (“to splash”), dialectal Dutch spanken (“to limp, hobble”), Dutch spankeren (“to run away quickly, gallop off”), German Low German spenkern (“to burst, explode, shatter, splash, spray”), Danish spanke (“to strut”), Swedish spånka (“to strut proudly”); originally, equivalent to span +‎ -k. Compare also dialectal English spang (“to leap, bound; shoot out, fling”). ==== Alternative forms ==== (dialectal) spaink, spenk ==== Verb ==== spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked) (intransitive) To move quickly and nimbly on foot; to stride or run at a brisk pace. (intransitive) To move or turn rapidly, as the gears of a machine or the sails of a ship. (ambitransitive) To shoot out or throw violently; to hurl or knock out. ===== Derived terms ===== spanking ==== Noun ==== spank (plural spanks) (dialectal) A leap or bound. ===== Related terms ===== brand spanking new spankingly spanking new === Anagrams === knaps, Panks, panks