spank
verb (used with object)
to strike (a person, usually a child) with the open hand, a slipper, etc., especially on the buttocks, as in punishment.
spanks
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pluralof spank.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Perhaps it’s because it’s by and about women that it spanks the whole bunch of “prestigious” puzzle TV shows, by never letting the puzzle swamp its characters or their psychologies.
From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2019
For another thing, the movie effectively spanks snobs who claim that people aren’t into books anymore.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018
From 30-15 up, she sends over a tame effort that Serena spanks away to give her nothing to even stretch for.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2016
EST 16:30 85 min: Ribéry and Alaba combine down the left, and from Alaba’s cross, Robben sets up Müller, who spanks it into orbit.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 23, 2016
Mullins picked Jevons up before he could guess what was coming, laid him on the table with one hand, with the other gave him three emphatic spanks, then held him high in air.
From A Diversity of Creatures by Rudyard Kipling
