spank
/ˈspæŋk/US/ˈspeɪ̯ŋk/
spank verb: to beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
Verb (1)
spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked)
- To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
- Synonyms:
- slap
- To soundly defeat, to trounce.
- Synonyms:
- rout
- To hit very hard.
- Spurs had a free-kick on the edge of the Liverpool box. Érik Lamela spanked it low into the wall, got the ball back, played it out to Christian Eriksen.2018 September 15, Barney Ronay, The Guardian, Finely tuned Liverpool are really getting into Jürgen Klopp’s groove
- Synonyms:
- smack
Noun (1)
spank (plural spanks)
- An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
- Three men were about a foot behind my left shoulder trading off spanks on each others butts.1988 May 7, Christopher Wittke, “It Takes Two To Tango”, in Gay Community News, page 10
- A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.
- An instance of masturbation.
- spank bank
- to have a quick spank
Verb (2)
spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked)
Noun (2)
spank (plural spanks)
spank meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
spank in Hindi
- to smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object.
- थप्पड़ मारना thappaṛ mārnā
spank in Tamil
- பிட்டத்து அடி
spank in Urdu
- تھپڑ مارنا
spank in Bengali
- পাছায় বড় মারা
More languagesFewer languages
- spank in Malayalam
- തിരക്കിട്ടുനീങ്ങുക, ചരിപ്പിക്കുക, പായിക്കുക, കൈപ്പത്തികൊണ്ട് പ്രഹരിക്കുക
- spank in Kannada
- ಸ್ಪಾಂಕ್ ಮಾಡಲು, ಸ್ಪ್ಯಾಂಕ್ ಮಾಡಲು
- spank in Sanskrit
- तडयति taḍayati
- spank in Nepali
- स्प्याङ्क गर्न
- spank in Tagalog
- palo, yabat
- spank in Arabic
- صَفَعَ ṣafaʕa, سَتَهَ sataha, ضَرَبَ مُؤَخَّرَة ḍaraba muʔaḵḵara
- spank in Indonesian
- gebuk
- spank in Thai
- ตี dtii
Examples of spank in a sentence
- And that's it till the next time I spank.2015 May 7, “So has anyone here done NoFap?”, in Reddit, r/ForeverAlone, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2023:
- It will have me yodeling for many spank sessions to come.2021 October 20, Mary Frances "Francky" Knapp, “Review: I Tried the Satisfyer Pro 2 Clitoral Vibrator and It's Worth the Hype”, in VICE...
- I don't believe there's anything wrong with a spank here and there especially if you're partnerless, but it's a slippery slope that people seem to struggle with restraint/boundaries.2023 January 9, u/BIGassbass8151, “Why do so many people swear by nofap?”, in Reddit, r/moreplatesmoredates, archived from the original on...
Synonyms of spank
Forms of spank
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | spanks |
| present participle | spanking |
| past participle | spanked |
| past | spanked |
| alternative form | spaink |
| alternative form | spenk |
| Noun | |
| plural | spanks |
Origin of spank
Uncertain. Possibly imitative, or perhaps a special use of Etymology 2 (below) in the sense of a horse stamping its foot against the ground. There is no evidence of a relation with Portuguese espancar (“to batter, strike”).
Uncertain. Likely of Dutch or Low German origin. Compare North Frisian spanke (“to step with pride”), Saterland Frisian spankje (“to splash”), dialectal Dutch spanken (“to limp, hobble”), Dutch spankeren (“to run away quickly, gallop off”), German Low German spenkern (“to burst, explode, shatter, splash, spray”), Danish spanke (“to strut”), Swedish spånka (“to strut proudly”); originally, equivalent to span + -k. Compare also dialectal English spang (“to leap, bound; shoot out, fling”).
Words formed from spank
Phrases with spank
Words that rhyme with spank
Questions about spank
- What does spank mean?
- Spank means to beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.
- What is spank in Hindi?
- Spank in Hindi is थप्पड़ मारना (thappaṛ mārnā). See Spank meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use spank in a sentence?
- And that's it till the next time I spank.
- What part of speech is spank?
- Spank can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce spank?
- Spank is pronounced /ˈspæŋk/.
- What is the past tense of spank?
- The past tense of spank is spanked.
Words near spank in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spank (page history and authors); spank (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spank (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spank (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spank (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); spank (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); spank (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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