spank

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He is just as bad and stuck in the authoritarian rut because he doesn't get more creative in his methodology than to advocate (strongly as in blah-blah-blah, the Bible commands you spank, which is not true,) draconian parenting.

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  1. transitive verb To slap on the buttocks with a flat object or with the open hand, as for punishment.
  2. intransitive verb To move briskly or spiritedly.
  3. noun A slap on the buttocks.

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  • He is just as bad and stuck in the authoritarian rut because he doesn't get more creative in his methodology than to advocate (strongly as in blah-blah-blah, the Bible commands you spank, which is not true,) draconian parenting. —  adventures in mercy
  • While the authors (a Carlyle executive and a distinguished academic) might well have turned the report into a China-spank, the report is remarkably data-focused and even handed. —  Silicon Hutong
  • I'll get my candy back if I have to-- spank her," this last with a fierce scowl Betty put an arm about her excited chum, led her over to the swing and put her down in it By the time you caught Dodo there wouldn't be any of your candy left," she said, adding soothingly: "Never mind, honey. —  The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls
  • I can show this to my SO, coz he thinks our cat is a wierdo for the butt-spank ... —  Cynical-C Blog
  • FAST DOWNLOADS!! www. spank-d-monkey.net —  Mininova
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Perhaps of imitative origin.

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  1. Cf. Danish spanke, strut, stalk; Middle Low German freq. spenkeren, Low German spenkern, spakkern, cause to run or spring about quickly, intransitive, run quickly, gallop. Cf. spang.
  2. Origin obscure; possibly a different use of spank.
  3. from spank, v.
 

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