First Known Use: circa 1666
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1spanking
adjective spank·ing \ˈspaŋ-kiŋ\
Definition of SPANKING
1
: remarkable of its kind
2
: being fresh and strong : brisk
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Origin of SPANKING
origin unknown
Related to SPANKING
- Synonyms
- active, airy, animate, animated, bouncing, brisk, energetic, frisky, gay, jaunty, jazzy, kinetic, mettlesome, peppy, perky, pert, pizzazzy (or pizazzy), racy, snappy, lively, sparky, spirited, sprightly, springy, vital, vivacious, zippy
- Antonyms
- dead, inactive, inanimate, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, languorous, leaden, lifeless, limp, listless, spiritless, vapid
2spanking
adverb
Definition of SPANKING
: very <a spanking clean floor> <spanking new>
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First Known Use of SPANKING
1787
Related to SPANKING
- Synonyms
- achingly, almighty, archly, awful, awfully, badly, beastly, blisteringly, bone, colossally, corking, cracking, damn, damned, dang, deadly, desperately, eminently, enormously, especially, ever, exceedingly (also exceeding), extra, extremely, fabulously, fantastically, far, fiercely, filthy, frightfully, full, greatly, heavily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, intensely, jolly, majorly, mightily, mighty, monstrous [chiefly dialect], mortally, most, much, particularly, passing, rattling, real, really, right, roaring, roaringly, seriously, severely, so, sore, sorely, very, specially, stinking, such, super, supremely, surpassingly, terribly, that, thumping, too, unco, uncommonly, vastly, vitally, way, whacking, wicked, wildly
- Antonyms
- little, negligibly, nominally, slightly, somewhat
SPANKING Defined for Kids
1spanking
adjective spank·ing \ˈspaŋ-kiŋ\
Definition of SPANKING for Kids
: fresh and strong or lively <a spanking stallion>
2spanking
adverb
Definition of SPANKING for Kids
: 1very 1 <a spanking new toy>
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