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brand spanking new

brand spanking new adjective: utterly new, as new as possible.

Adjective

brand spanking new

  1. (slang) Utterly new, as new as possible.
    • Pardon me, ma'am. I'm brand-spanking-new in town, and I was hoping to get a look at the Statue of Liberty.1969, Waldo Salt, Midnight Cowboy, spoken by Joe Buck (Jon Voight)

Origin of brand spanking new

Apparently a blend of brand new + spanking new, with spanking coming to serve as an intensifier.

Words formed from brand spanking new

Questions about brand spanking new

What does brand spanking new mean?
Brand spanking new means utterly new, as new as possible.
What part of speech is brand spanking new?
Brand spanking new is an adjective.

Words near brand spanking new in the dictionary

  1. brand name
  2. brand names
  3. brand new
  4. brand parity
  5. brand spankers
  6. brand spanking new
  7. brand stretch
  8. brand stretches
  9. brand X
  10. brand-iron
  11. brand-irons

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