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spanking
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?spæ?k??/
Etymology
From spank +? -ing.
Verb
spanking
- present participle of spank
Adjective
spanking (not comparable)
- Fast and energetic.
- a spanking pace
- I'd like nothing better this minute, said Mr Browne stoutly, than a rattling fine walk in the country or a fast drive with a good spanking goer between the shafts.
- (often nautical) Brisk and fresh.
- a spanking breeze
Synonyms
- striking
Adverb
spanking (not comparable)
- (colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
- brand spanking new
- a spanking good time
- spanking clean
- spanking white
Noun
spanking (plural spankings)
- A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
- Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A-frame, with or without constraints
- An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
- 2001, John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!
- Some people think spankings of any sort constitute child abuse.
- 2001, John Rosemond, John Rosemond's New Parent Power!
Translations
Related terms
- spankingly
References
- spanking in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- spanking at OneLook Dictionary Search
- “spanking” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “spanking”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
- “spanking”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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whipping
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?p??/
Noun
whipping (countable and uncountable, plural whippings)
- (countable) The punishment of being whipped.
- (countable) A heavy defeat; a thrashing.
- (uncountable) A cooking technique in which air is incorporated into cream etc.
- (countable) A cord or thread used to lash or bind something.
- (nautical, whipping) The lashing of the end of a rope. (FM 55-501).
- (bookbinding) The sewing of the edges of single leaves in sections by overcasting the thread.
- Synonym: whipstitching
Translations
Verb
whipping
- present participle of whip
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