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Definition of spank verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

spank

verb

NAmE//spæŋk//

spank somebody/somethingVerb Forms present simple I / you / we / they spank

he / she / it spanks

past simple spanked

-ing form spanking

to hit someone, especially a child, several times on their buttocks as a punishment compare smack

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spank noun

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