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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spank \Spank\ (sp[a^][ng]k), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Spanked} (sp[a^][ng]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spanking}.] [Of unknown origin; cf. LG. spakken, spenkern, to run and spring about quickly.] To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spank \Spank\, noun A blow with the open hand; a slap.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Spank \Spank\, verb (used without an object) To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
spank
noun: a slap with the flat of the hand
verb: give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {paddle}, {larrup}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
92 Moby Thesaurus words for "spank": admonish, bang, baste, bastinado, batter, beat, belabor, belt, birch, blip, box, bring to book, buffet, bust, call to account, cane, castigate, chastise, chide, clout, club, correct, cowhide, cudgel, cuff, cut, drub, flagellate, flail, flap, flog, fustigate, give a whipping, give the stick, hammer, have words with, horsewhip, knock, knout, lace, lambaste, larrup, lash, lay on, lecture, maul, objurgate, paddle, paste, patter, pelt, pistol-whip, pommel, pound, pulverize, pummel, punch, punish, rap, rate, rawhide, rebuke, reprehend, reprimand, reprove, scold, scourge, set down, set straight, slap, sledgehammer, smack, smite, sock, straighten out, strap, stripe, swinge, switch, take down, take to task, thrash, thresh, thump, trounce, truncheon, upbraid, wallop, whack, whale, whip, whop
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