spanking

spanking

English

Etymology

From spank +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/

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Verb

spanking

1. present participle of spank

Adjective

spanking (not comparable)

1. Fast and energetic.

   a spanking pace

   • 1914 June, James Joyce, “The Dead”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, OCLC 1170255194:

     I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.

   • 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 51:

     On both the Gothland and the Öland Railway, a spanking railcar provides an alternative to riding in the wayward, steam-driven mixed train, but the latter is the proper conveyance for a real railway lover, even over the flat, limestone plains which form much of the Baltic island scenery.

2. (often nautical) Brisk and fresh.

   a spanking breeze

Synonyms

• striking

Adverb

spanking (not comparable)

1. (colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.

   brand spanking new

   a spanking good time

   spanking clean

   spanking white

Noun

spanking (plural spankings)

1. A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

   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

2. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
   • 2001, John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!

     Some people think spankings of any sort constitute child abuse.

Synonyms

• the English vice

Translations

form of physical punishment

Chinese: Mandarin: 打屁股 (zh) (dǎpìgu) Czech: výprask m, nářez m Dutch: billenkoek (nl), pak voor de broek n, voor de billen geven n Finnish: piiskaus (fi) French: fessée (fr) f German: Haue (de) f Hindi: पिटाई (hi) (piṭāī) Hungarian: elfenekelés Indonesian: menggebuk (id) Irish: ghreadadh Italian: sculacciata (it), totò (Slang) Japanese: 尻叩き (しりたたき, shiritataki) Korean: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: surra (pt) f, sova (pt) f, coça f Romanian: strașnic (ro) Russian: шлёпание n (šljópanije), по́рка (ru) f (pórka) Sanskrit: ताडन (sa) (tādana) Scottish Gaelic: skelpin Spanish: nalgada, (imprecise) azotado (es) f, azotaina (es) Swedish: smisk (sv) n Tagalog: palo sa puwit

an incident of such an act, also in a non-punitive context

Dutch: billenkoek (nl), pak voor de broek n Finnish: piiskaus (fi) French: fessée (fr) f Norman: latteuse f, fouôtée f Russian: по́рка (ru) f (pórka), трёпка (ru) (trjópka), взбучка (ru) (vzbučka)

Related terms

• spankingly

References

• spanking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
• spanking at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “spanking”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “spanking”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “spanking”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.