spanking

[ spang-king ]

adjective

1. moving rapidly and smartly.
2. quick and vigorous:

   a spanking pace.

3. blowing briskly:

   a spanking breeze.

4. Informal. unusually fine, great, large, etc.; remarkable; distinctive:

   a spanking monogram in gold embroidery.

adverb

1. Informal. extremely, strikingly, or remarkably; very:

   three little girls in spanking new dresses.

spanking

¹

/ ˈspæŋkɪŋ /

adjective

1. informal.
   outstandingly fine, smart, large, etc
2. quick and energetic; lively
3. (esp of a breeze) fresh and brisk

spanking

²

/ ˈspæŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. a series of spanks, esp on the buttocks, usually as a punishment for children

Other Words From

• spanking·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of spanking¹

1660–70; perhaps < Scandinavian; compare Danish, Norwegian spanke, Swedish spånka to strut

Word History and Origins

Origin of spanking¹

C17: of uncertain origin. Compare Danish spanke to strut

Example Sentences

They are made to be afraid that a whole lot of men think Tucker Carlson is lol hilarious for talking about the need to vote for Trump as tantamount to “spanking a bad little girl.”

From Slate

Right-wing commentator and Fox News exile Tucker Carlson rallied a crowd in Georgia by comparing a potential Trump victory to "Dad coming home" to give a "vigorous spanking" to a "bad little girl."

From Salon

You’ve been a bad little girl and you’re getting a vigorous spanking, right now.

From Salon

Carlson's fantasies of vigorously spanking the body politic by a harsh but loving patriarch provided even more fodder for that line of attack, with journalist Aaron Rupar describing the remarks as "the most overtly fascist thing I've seen at any Trump rally."

From Salon

As a parent, it was important to April that she did things differently than her own father, and although spanking was commonplace in the 1990s, April never laid a hand on Hunter.

From Slate