noun
spanking
SPANG-kihng
noun
1
A punishment involving smacking someone, usually a child, on the buttocks.
"He got a spanking for breaking the neighbor's window."
adjective
1
Very fast, fresh, or impressively new (informal, as in "brand spanking new").
"She drove up in a spanking new sports car."
How to Use Spanking
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither the punishment of smacking someone's bottom, or an intensifier meaning "very" (as in brand spanking new).
Common pairings
brand spanking new
give a spanking
Word Forms
spankings plural
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