Spank

A spank causes wobbling of the fatty tissues.

A spank is a single slap with the open hand or a suitable implement to a person's buttocks.

To spank means To give a spank or To give a spanking. The gerund, and the progressive (continuous) form of the verb is spanking.

• Example of gerund: "Spanking is good exercise."
• Example of present participle: "She was spanking her son."

Likewise, a series of spanks delivered to the buttocks in quick succession is called a spanking (noun). In the U.K., it is called a smacking if the hand is used, or a caning, birching, tawsing etc. if an implement is used.

Thesaurus

• slap
• swat
• hit
• blow
• smack
• skelp

See also

• "Spanking" in other languages

Links

• English verb spank conjugated in all tenses