/spæŋk/
OriginUncertain. 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”).
- transitiveTo beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
- transitiveTo soundly defeat, to trounce.
- transitiveTo hit very hard.
“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.”
- intransitiveTo move quickly and nimbly on foot; to stride or run at a brisk pace.
- intransitiveTo move or turn rapidly, as the gears of a machine or the sails of a ship.
“The ship was really spanking along.”
- ambitransitiveTo shoot out or throw violently; to hurl or knock out.
- An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
“Three men were about a foot behind my left shoulder trading off spanks on each others butts.”
- A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.
- euphemistic, slangAn instance of masturbation.
“spank bank”
“to have a quick spank”
“I'm not a porn addict. I only watch it when I have a spank. It usually takes less than 10 minutes to go from zipper down to zipper up. And that's it till the next time I spank.”
- dialectalA leap or bound.
Formsspanks(present, singular, third-person) · spanking(participle, present) · spanked(participle, past) · spanked(past) · spanks(plural) · spaink(alternative) · spenk(alternative)