spanking
(noun, adjective, verb, adverb)
adjective
1. quick and energetic
- a spanking breeze
Similar word(s): energetic, alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, zippy
Sentences with spanking as an adjective:
- a spanking pace
- a spanking good time
adverb
1. (colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
- brand spanking new
noun
1. the act of slapping on the buttocks
- he gave the brat a good spanking
Definition categories: act, correction, discipline
Sentences with spanking as a noun:
- Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints
verb
1. present participle of spank