fann'd

Verb

fan (third-person singular simple present fans, present participle fanning, simple past and past participle fanned)

1. (transitive) To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
   • We enjoyed standing at the edge of the cliff, being fanned by the wind.
2. (transitive) To slap (a behind, especially).
   • Part of it was that as much as I respected filial devotion and as much as I liked Sarah Barstow, it would have been a real satisfaction to put her across my knees and pull up her skirts and giver^([sic]) her a swell fanning, for not taking a look at that driver.1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, Bantam, published 1992, →ISBN, page 148
3. (intransitive, usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
4. (transitive) To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
   • I attempted to fan the disagreeable odour out of the room.
5. (transitive) To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
   • To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.2011, Hans-Christoan Vortisch, GURPS Tactical Shooting, page 14
6. (figuratively) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
   • She comes, to fan my ardour, She kills me with her kisses.1923, Arthur Symons, Love's Cruelty, page 43

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