spank
/spaŋk
/verb [with object]
Slap with one’s open hand or a flat object, especially on the buttocks as a punishment: she was spanked for spilling ink on the carpet...
- He used to spank them with the belt, but we both did that, because it was acceptable.
- Mr. Bear returns, discovers the naughtiness and punishes Edith by spanking her.
- He brought me home with the belt, spanking me when I went.
Synonyms
smack, slap, slipper, put someone over one's knee, thrash, cane, belt, leather, cuff
informal wallop, whack, lather, give someone a hiding, give someone a hot bottom, warm someone's bottom, give someone a licking
Scottish scud;
Scottish & Northern English skelp
dated tan, tan/whip someone's hide
noun
A slap or series of slaps with one’s open hand or a flat object: when his father caught him he got a spank...
- The last spank made her yelp like a mouse that was caught by an angry cat.
Origin
Early 18th century: perhaps imitative.
Rhymes
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- white cell
- Whitechapel cart
- Whitechapel needle
- Whitechapel play
- Whitechapel shave
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- white chauvinist
- white-cheeked
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- white-chinned
- white-chinned thrush
- white chocolate
- white Christmas
- white-clawed
- white-clawed crayfish
- white clay
- white cliffs
- white clover
- white coal
- white coat
- whitecoat
- white coat hypertension
- white cockatoo
- white coffee