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