SPANKINGLY

Etymology

Adverb

spankingly (comparative more spankingly, superlative most spankingly)

In a spanking manner; vigorously; freshly.

Source: Wiktionary


SPANKING

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



RESET




Word of the Day

2 July 2025

RESTITUTION

(noun) getting something back again; “upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing”


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