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Definition of "spank" [spank]

  • To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment. (verb-transitive)
  • To move briskly or spiritedly. (verb-intransitive)
  • A slap on the buttocks. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "spank" in a sentence
  • "I find that when you are a good behavior manager in general, the need to spank is minimal."
  • "He is just as bad and stuck in the authoritarian rut because he doesn't get more creative in his methodology than to advocate (strongly as in blah-blah-blah, the Bible commands you spank, which is not true,) draconian parenting."
  • "(I don't like to say "spank" - it's hitting, beating."