spanking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spanking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for spanking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spanking adj quick and energetic; "a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze" Synonym(s): alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy n the act of slapping on the buttocks; "he gave the brat a good spanking"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spank \Spank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spanked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Spanking}.] [Of unknown origin; cf. LG. spakken, spenkern, to run and spring about quickly.] To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spanking \Spank"ing\, a. 1. Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing. Four spanking grays ready harnessed. --G. Colman, the Younger. 2. Large; considerable. [Colloq.]