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unspanked
English
Etymology
un- +? spanked
Adjective
unspanked (not comparable)
- Not spanked.
- 1918, The Atlantic Monthly
- […] the most devoted mother or father is prone to regard as unspanked brats children who to a third party appear quite as well as the critic's own.
- 1957, Robert O Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage
- These serve as pathetic substitutes for the love he craves but has never received. Though unpublicized, many an unspanked child has developed a healthy personality.
- 1918, The Atlantic Monthly
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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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