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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spank/spaŋk/

▶verb slap with one's open hand or a flat object, especially on the buttocks as a punishment. ▶noun a slap or series of slaps of this type.

– origin C18: perh. imitative.

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