Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

    Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a trestle or A-frame, with or without constraints.

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    шлёпаниеšljópanije, по́ркаpórka

  2. (countable)An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.

    по́ркаpórka, трёпкаtrjópka, взбучкаvzbučka

More definitions
  • the act of slapping on the buttocks

Examples

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  1. Tom doesn't remember his parents ever spanking him.

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  2. I don't remember my parents ever spanking me.

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  3. I remember my mother spanking me a lot.

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  4. Tom said he saw Mary spanking one of her children.

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  5. Tom says he doesn't remember his parents ever spanking him.

    deTom sagt, er könne sich nicht erinnern, daß ihn seine Eltern je geschlagen hätten.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
form of physical punishment:
an incident of such an act, also in a non-punitive context:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
form of physical punishment:

Origin

From spank (“to punish by swatting”) + -ing (participial suffix) and -ing (gerundial suffi

From spank (“to punish by swatting”) + -ing (participial suffix) and -ing (gerundial suffix).

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Forms

plural: spankings
Singularspanking
Pluralspankings

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedspank

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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