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
He pounces on a forehand from Goffin and spanks a volley away - leave it to me, he says - and then he dinks a backhand volley away!
From The Guardian ● Nov. 28, 2015
An increasingly pivotal Gerrard spanks a shot yards wide.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 17, 2010
Then tears come down in bucketfuls, And children dance for joy, Till the sun comes out and soundly spanks Her Thunder Baby Boy.
From The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes by Blanche Fisher Wright
