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▪ I. spank, n.1 dial. or colloq.|spæŋk|
[f. spank v.1]
1. A smart or sounding blow, esp. one given with the open hand; a slap or smack.
1785Grose Dict. Vulgar T., Spanks,..blows with the open hand. 1812H. & J. Smith Horace in Lond. 140 When ice encrusts the slippery bank, The tallest fall with heaviest spank. 1858Hughes Scour. White Horse iv. 78 Said Joe, giving me a great spank on the back. 1889Cent. Mag. Mar. 743/1 My mother..lifted me cleverly, planted two spanks behind, and passed me to the hands of Mme. Levicq.
b. The sharp noise or sound produced by this.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle xix, [The snake] let the smaller [tree] go with a loud spank that shook the dew off the neighbouring branches. 1860O. W. Holmes Prof. Breakf.-t. iii. 64 A clean, straight, hard hit which took effect with a spank like the explosion of a percussion cap.
†2. Cant. (See spank v.1 2.) Obs.
▪ II. spank, n.2|spæŋk|
[f. spank v.2]
a. The action or fact of spanking or moving along rapidly and sharply.
1801tr. Gabrielli's Myst. Husb. III. 286 Having got her between me and Madame we dashed off full spank.
b. A quick or smart bound or leap.
1882in Jamieson's Sc. Dict. 1886B. Brierley Cast upon World i. 10 A spank..that seemed to have the lithesomeness of a deerhound.
▪ III. † spank, n.3 Cant. Obs.—0
= spanker1 1.
1725New Cant. Dict., Spanks, Money, Gold or Silver.
▪ IV. spank, v.1 dial. or colloq.|spæŋk|
[Probably imitative of the sound.]
1. a. trans. To slap or smack (a person, esp. a child) with the open hand. Also absol.
1727Bailey (vol. II), To Spank, to slap with the open Hand. 1786European Mag. IX. 292 The Science of Nothing even dunces have taught, Without spanking a pupil, or spending a thought. 1862F. W. Robinson Owen, a Waif I. 82 ‘You're sorry for your mother.’.. ‘I think so.., but she spanked hard.’ 1867Lond. Rev. 15 June 673/1 This baby..as a last resource is spanked into a voiceless rage by the mother. 1872Schele de Vere Americanisms 321 If the sufferer be a child, it is spanked, that is, punished by slapping with the open hand.
fig.1882Punch 11 Mar. 112 House of Lords spanked by 300 against 167.
b. To crack (a whip). rare—1.
1834M. Scott Cruise Midge (1859) 417 The mule drivers..were stringing into the yard and spanking their whips.
c. To bring down, thrust, etc., with a slap.
1880Tennyson Northern Cobbler xv, An' 'e spanks 'is 'and into mine.
d. N.Z. colloq. To milk (a cow).
1897I. Scott How I stole 10,000 Sheep ii. 8 We got on pretty well and spanked, i.e. milked, his cows for him night and morning. 1948D. W. Ballantyne Cunninghams ii. ix. 199 They spanked cows and built fences.
†2. Cant. (See quot.) Obs.
1812J. H. Vaux Flash Dict. s.v., To spank a glaze, is to break a pane of glass in a shop window, and make a sudden snatch at some article of value within your reach. Ibid., To spank a place is to rob it ‘upon the spank’; a spank is a robbery effected by the above means.
3. intr.
a. To drop or fall with a spank or smack.
1800J. Hurdis Fav. Village 61 The sullen shower from the drench'd eaves Drips fast, and on the..pavement spanks.
b. Of a boat: To pound, beat, or slap the water in sailing.
1891Cent. Dict. (citing J. A. Henshall).
4. The vbl. stem used adverbially: With a spank or smack. rare—1.
1810Splendid Follies III. 8 Spank flew another revoke card from the hand of Samuelina.
Hence spanked |spæŋkt| ppl. a.
1864Daily Tel. 27 Sept., That back-yards should re-echo to the howling of spanked children.
▪ V. spank, v.2 dial. and colloq.|spæŋk|
[prob. a back-formation from spanking ppl. a. 2.]
1. intr. To move or travel with speed and elasticity; to go quickly and vigorously; to ride or drive at a sharp trot and in a smart or stylish manner. Usually const. with adverbs or preps., esp. with along:
a. Of animals, in general use.
1807–10Tannahill Poems (1846) 20, I saw the dragon spankin o'er the fiels. 1808–in numerous dial. glossaries and texts (Sc., E. Angl., Northants., Warw., Som., etc.). a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v., How he did spank along. 1886C. Scott Sheep-farming 200 His dog..darts off like a greyhound. We watch him spanking across the glen. 1902Daily Chron. 13 Nov. 8/5 Reynard..came away right-handed and spanked along for Kenwick-park.
b. spec. Of horses, or of persons driving or riding these. Also with it.
1811Lexicon-Balatronicum, Spank (Whip). To run neatly along, between a trot and gallop. 1824Scott St. Ronan's viii, ‘I suppose so, sir,’ said the groom... ‘Zounds! she can spank it over wet and dry.’ 1843Le Fevre Life Trav. Phys. II. i. xiv. 36 At this season they [the roads] were good, so that we spanked along merrily. 1860Thackeray Lovel iii, A gentleman in a natty gig, with a high-trotting horse, came spanking towards us.
c. Of ships: To sail quickly and smartly; to bowl along.
1834H. Miller Scenes & Leg. xiii. (1857) 195, I found myself aboard Robinson's lugger, spanking down the frith. 1841B. Hall Patchwork II. xiii. 251 When..we did get to sea..we spanked along. 1894Crockett Raiders x. (ed. 3) 93 The Ariel was at that moment spanking away to the south'ard.
2. trans. To drive (horses) quickly and smartly.
1825C. Westmacott Eng. Spy I. 205 Where Gwydin spanks his fours along. 1840Thackeray Shabby-genteel Story v, How knowingly did he spank the horses along. |