spank as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
spank
noun
1 spank
A slap with the flat of the hand.
Polish: klaps
verb
1 spank
Give a spanking to; subject to a spanking.
synonyms: larrup, paddle.
Roget 274:
move quickly,
trip,
fisk†;
speed,
hie,
hasten,
post,
spank,
scuttle;
scud,
scuddle†;
scour,
scour the plain;
scamper;
run like mad,
beat it;
fly,
race,
run a race,
cut away,
shot,
tear,
whisk,
zoom,
swoosh,
sweep,
skim,
brush;
cut along,
bowl along,
barrel along,
barrel;
scorch,
burn up the track;
rush
etc.
(be violent)
173;
dash on,
dash off,
dash forward;
bolt;
trot,
gallop,
amble,
troll,
bound,
flit,
spring,
dart,
boom;
march in quick time,
march in double time;
ride hard,
get over the ground.
hurry
etc.
(hasten)
684;
accelerate,
put on;
quicken;
quicken one's pace,
mend one's pace;
clap spurs to one's horse;
make haste,
make rapid strides,
make forced marches,
make the best of one's way;
put one's best leg foremost,
stir one's stumps,
wing one's way,
set off at a score;
carry sail,
crowd sail;
go off like a shot,
go like a shot,
go ahead,
gain ground;
outstrip the wind,
fly on the wings of the wind.
keep up with,
keep pace with;
outstrip
etc.
303;
outmarch†.
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Roget 972:
punish;
chastise,
chasten;
castigate,
correct,
inflict punishment,
administer correction,
deal retributive justice;
cowhide,
lambaste [Slang].
visit upon,
pay;
pay out,
serve out;
do for;
make short work of,
give a lesson to,
serve one right,
make an example of;
have a rod in pickle for;
give it one.
strike
etc.
276;
deal a blow to,
administer the lash,
smite;
slap,
slap the face;
smack,
cuff,
box the ears,
spank,
thwack,
thump,
beat,
lay on,
swinge†,
buffet;
thresh,
thrash,
pummel,
drub,
leather,
trounce,
sandbag,
baste,
belabor;
lace,
lace one's jacket;
dress,
dress down,
give a dressing,
trim,
warm,
wipe,
tund†,
cob,
bang,
strap,
comb,
lash,
lick,
larrup,
wallop,
whop,
flog,
scourge,
whip,
birch,
cane,
give the stick,
switch,
flagellate,
horsewhip,
bastinado,
towel,
rub down with an oaken towel,
rib roast,
dust one's jacket,
fustigate†,
pitch into,
lay about one,
beat black and blue;
beat to a mummy,
beat to a jelly;
give a black eye.
tar and feather;
pelt,
stone,
lapidate†;
masthead,
keelhaul.
execute;
bring to the block,
bring to the gallows;
behead,
decapitate,
guillotine;
decollate;
hang,
turn off,
gibbet,
bowstring,
hang draw and quarter;
shoot;
decimate;
burn;
break on the wheel,
crucify;
empale†,
impale;
flay;
lynch;
electrocute;
gas,
send to the gas chamber.
torture;
put on,
put to the rack;
picket.
banish,
exile,
transport,
expel,
ostracize;
rusticate;
drum out;
dismiss,
disbar,
disbench†;
strike off the roll,
unfrock;
post.
suffer,
suffer for,
suffer punishment;
be flogged.
be executed,
suffer the ultimate penalty;
be hanged
&c.;
come to the gallows,
mount the gallows,
swing [Coll.],
twist in the wind,
dance upon nothing,
die in one's shoes;
be rightly served;
be electrocuted,
fry [Coll.],
ride the lightning [Coll.];
face the firing squad.
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Dutch: voor de billen, billenkoek
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