v., spanked, spank·ing, spanks. v.tr.
To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
v.intr.
To move briskly or spiritedly.
n.
A slap on the buttocks.
[Perhaps of imitative origin.]
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