SPANK

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A slap with the flat of the hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("spank" is a kind of...):

slap; smack; smacking (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)

Derivation:

spank (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)

Present simple: I / you / we / they spank ... he / she / it spanks

Past simple: spanked

Past participle: spanked

-ing form: spanking

Meaning:

Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

Synonyms:

larrup; paddle; spank

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "spank" is one way to...):

beat; beat up; work over (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

spank (a slap with the flat of the hand)

spanker (a hitter who slaps (usually another person) with an open hand)

spanking (the act of slapping on the buttocks)