An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
SPANKING
alert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippy
(adjective) quick and energetic; “a brisk walk in the park”; “a lively gait”; “a merry chase”; “traveling at a rattling rate”; “a snappy pace”; “a spanking breeze”
spanking
(noun) the act of slapping on the buttocks; “he gave the brat a good spanking”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
spanking
present participle of spank
Adjective
spanking (not comparable)
Fast and energetic.
(often, nautical) Brisk and fresh.
Synonyms
• striking
Adverb
spanking (not comparable)
(colloquial, now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
Noun
spanking (plural spankings)
A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
Source: Wiktionary
Spank"ing, a.
1. Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing. Four spanking grays ready harnessed. G. Colman, the Younger.
2. Large; considerable. [Colloq.]
SPANK
Spank (, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Spanked (; p. pr. & vb. n. Spanking.] Etym: [Of unknown origin; cf. LG. spakken, spenkern, to run and spring about quickly.]
Definition: To strike, as the breech, with the open hand; to slap.
Spank, n.
Definition: A blow with the open hand; a slap.
Spank, v. i.
Definition: To move with a quick, lively step between a trot and gallop; to move quickly. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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