spanking

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/ X-SAMPA: /"sp{NkIN/

Verb

spanking

1. Present participle of spank.

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.

Related terms

• spankee
• spanker
• spankingly
• unspanked

Translations

Form of physical punishment

• Chinese: 打屁股 (cmn) (dapigu)
• Czech: výprask (cs) m
• Dutch: billenkoek (nl), pak voor de broek n, voor de billen geven n
• Esperanto: pugfrapado (eo)
• Finnish: piiskaus (fi)
• French: fessée (fr) f
• Hungarian: elfenekelés (hu)
• Indonesian: menggebuk (id)
• Irish: ghreadadh (ga)
• Italian: sculacciata (it)

• Japanese: 尻叩き (ja) (しりたたき) (shiritataki)
• Korean: 곤장 (ko) (gonjang)
• Portuguese: surra (pt) f, sova (pt) f, coça (pt) f
• Romanian: strașnic (ro)
• Sanskrit: ताडन (sa) (tādana)
• Scottish Gaelic: skelpin (gd)
• Spanish: nalgada (es), (imprecise) azotado (es) f
• Swedish: smisk (sv) n
• Tagalog: palo sa puwit (tl)
• Thai: กาน ดตเ กโน ปเุะ ฬโง ตโหต (th) (gaan dtee gon peua long toht)

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

• Dutch: billenkoek (nl), pak voor de broek (nl) n
• Finnish: piiskaus (fi)

• French: fessée (fr) f
• Jèrriais: latteuse f, fouôtée f

Adjective

spanking (not comparable)

1. Fast and energetic.

   a spanking pace

2. (often nautical) Brisk and fresh.

   a spanking breeze

3. remarkable of its kind.

   a spanking good time

Synonyms

• striking

Adverb

spanking (not comparable)

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

   brand spanking new

References

• “spanking” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• “spanking” in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Online.