Found 2 items, similar to spank.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spank
spank
n : a slap with the flat of the hand
v : give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn:
paddle,
larrup]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spank
Spank
\Spank\ (sp[a^][ng]k), v. t. [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.
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Spank
\Spank\, n.
A blow with the open hand; a slap.
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Spank
\Spank\, v. i.
To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop;
to move quickly. --Thackeray.
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