spank
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++spank /spæŋk/ verb [transitive] HITto hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment 〔用手掌〕打〔小孩〕的屁股 SYN smack► see thesaurus at hit —spank noun [countable] a spank on the bottom 打一记屁股→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
spank• He was spanked and now has to say he is speaking only for himself.• The two boys were spanked and sent to bed without their supper.• She was spanked by the outraged Emperor because, nude and proletarian, she was masquerading as a nymph.• At this point he spanked her bottom.• Arizona spanked Nevada 100-85.• Many parents no longer spank their kids as a form of discipline.• He spanked them and he had them spank one another.• I can't recall really spanking them.Origin spank (1700-1800) From the soundspank verbChinese
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spank
spank /spæŋk/
verb [transitive]
SYN smack
—spank noun [countable]:
a spank on the bottom
■ to hit someone
▪hit to hit someone quickly and hard with your hand, a stick etc: He hit him hard in the stomach. | I don’t like to see people hitting a dog.
▪beat to hit someone deliberately many times, especially very hard: The girl had been beaten to death. | He was beating the donkey with a stick.
▪strike written to hit someone with your hand or a weapon. Strike is more formal than hit and is mainly used in written English: Her husband struck her twice across the face. | Police say that the man had been struck on the head.
▪punch to hit someone hard with your closed hand, especially in a fight: I punched him on the nose. | She was screaming and punching him with her fists.
▪thump /θʌmp/ informal to punch someone very hard: Sometimes I just want to thump him.
▪beat somebody up to hurt someone badly in a violent attack, by hitting them many times: If I tell the police, they'll beat me up. | He had been beaten up and tortured with lighted cigarettes.
▪slap to hit someone with your open hand, especially because you are angry with them: They had a big row and she ended up slapping him.
▪spank (also smack especially British English) to hit someone, especially a child, with your open hand in order to punish them: Should a parent ever smack a child? | I don’t agree with smacking. | In those days, children were spanked if they behaved badly.
spank /spæŋk/
verb [transitive] Date: 1700-1800
Origin: From the sound
to hit a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment Origin: From the sound
SYN smack
—spank noun [countable]:
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