Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Spank"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spank \Spank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spanked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Spanking}.] [Of unknown origin; cf. LG. spakken, spenkern,
to run and spring about quickly.]
To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spank \Spank\, n.
A blow with the open hand; a slap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spank \Spank\, v. i.
To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop;
to move quickly. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spank
n : a slap with the flat of the hand
v : give a spanking to; subject to a spanking [syn: {paddle}, {larrup}]
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