spank

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /spæŋk/

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Verb

Plain form spank

Third-person singular spanks

Past tense spanked

Past participle spanked

Present participle spanking

1. (transitive) If you spank someone, you slap the buttocks or anything sensitive part of a body of someone with the bare hand or an object as a punishment.

Related words

• smack
• slap
• beat