spanked

Verb (1)

spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked)

1. (transitive) To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.

   Synonyms:

   slap

2. (transitive) To soundly defeat, to trounce.

   Synonyms:

   rout

3. (transitive) 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

Verb (2)

spank (third-person singular simple present spanks, present participle spanking, simple past and past participle spanked)

1. (intransitive) To move quickly and nimbly on foot; to stride or run at a brisk pace.
2. (intransitive) To move or turn rapidly, as the gears of a machine or the sails of a ship.
   • The ship was really spanking along.
3. (ambitransitive) To shoot out or throw violently; to hurl or knock out.

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