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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
spanking
 
SYLLABICATION:spank·ing
PRONUNCIATION:  spngkng
ADJECTIVE:1. Informal Exceptional of its kind; remarkable. 2. Swift and vigorous: a spanking pace. 3. Brisk and fresh: a spanking breeze.
ADVERB: Used as an intensive: a spanking clean shirt.
NOUN: A number of slaps on the buttocks delivered in rapid succession, as for punishment.
ETYMOLOGY:Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.
OTHER FORMS:spanking·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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