spanking
- noun
- /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/
- If I was bad, my parents discovered that a spanking didn't have much effect on me.
- corporal spanking
- spanking as punishment
- disciplinary spanking
And how do you feel about if you're comfortable about spanking or punishments and different things like that?
- And how do you feel about if you're comfortable about spanking or punishments and different things like that?
- Of course, then you wonder when is the lagging impact of those previous spankings really going to come through?
- At first I thought if I gave her spankings and paddlings that it would work and it didn't work or punch her.
- I agree with you, but spanking is the hardest thing to do.
- And so basically everyone was again, we're talking spanking on the bottom.
- Now, I don't really like spanking the kids because it makes me feel bad to do it.
- You know, I talk about spanking, but from an aspect of why was I spanking?
- So I just came back and got the lesser spanking as opposed to, you know, getting laid on pretty good.
Examples
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Run along before I give you a spanking, do you understand?
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It is not uncommon for parents to feel conflicted about using spanking as a form of discipline.
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And they got a little rule against spanking your children up at the school.
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And for that, I got the worst spanking of my whole life.
Blog text (4) -
Maybe it's time for your spanking.
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Has anybody ever given him a spanking?
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I agree with you, but spanking is the hardest thing to do.
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Now, I don't really like spanking the kids because it makes me feel bad to do it.
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When you were a kid, you'd get a spanking, right?
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Answer your parents or you'll get a real spanking from both of us!
Synonyms
Hitting a person many times as punishment or violence
A sharp blow with an open hand
Beating a person or animal with a whip as punishment
Physical hitting of a person to make them obey rules
Beating someone with a whip or strap as punishment
A severe beating given to someone as punishment
A hard hit given to someone as punishment
To punish someone by hitting them with a stick
An act of beating someone with a whip as punishment
A light spanking with a flat board used as punishment
A quick hard hit with an open hand that makes a sharp sound
A beating with a strap or rope given as punishment
A severe beating that someone gets as punishment
Antonyms
How Severe
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spanking comes from the old verb spank, which probably copied the sound or idea of a quick, sharp hit like a sudden slap. So a spanking is literally a 'sharp hit', which explains its use as a punishment.