SPANKING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does spanking mean? 

• SPANKING (noun)
  The noun SPANKING has 1 sense:

1. the act of slapping on the buttocks

  Familiarity information: SPANKING used as a noun is very rare.

• SPANKING (adjective)
  The adjective SPANKING has 1 sense:

1. quick and energetic

  Familiarity information: SPANKING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPANKING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of slapping on the buttocks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

he gave the brat a good spanking

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

correction; discipline (the act of disciplining)

Derivation:

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

• SPANKING (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Quick and energetic

Synonyms:

alert; brisk; lively; merry; rattling; snappy; spanking; zippy

Context example:

a spanking breeze

Similar:

energetic (possessing or exerting or displaying energy)

 Context examples 

"How will a spanking do?" Martin asked.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The one on my right was a colossal affair by any standard—it was a factual imitation of some Hôtel de Ville in Normandy, with a tower on one side, spanking new under a thin beard of raw ivy, and a marble swimming pool and more than forty acres of lawn and garden.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)