at a spanking pace

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• spanking — [[t]spæ̱ŋkɪŋ[/t]] spankings 1) N COUNT If someone gives a child a spanking, they punish them by hitting them on the bottom several times with their hand. Andrea gave her son a sound spanking. 2) ADV: ADV adj (emphasis) If you describe something… …   English dictionary

• spanking — spank|ing1 [ˈspæŋkıŋ] n [U and C] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: spank] the act of hitting a child on their bottom with your open hand, as a punishment ▪ If you don t stop that noise, you ll get a spanking ! spanking 2 spanking2 adv informal [Date:… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• spanking — 1. noun /ˈspæŋkɪŋ/ a) A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks. Domestic spanking is often endured over the knee (or lap), formal spanking rather applied over a contraption such as a tresle or A frame, with or… …   Wiktionary

• spanking — spankingly, adv. /spang king/, adj. 1. moving rapidly and smartly. 2. quick and vigorous: a spanking pace. 3. blowing briskly: a spanking breeze. 4. Informal. unusually fine, great, large, etc.; remarkable; distinctive: a spanking monogram in… …   Universalium

• spanking — 1 adjective old fashioned at a spanking pace/rate very fast: They started walking at a spanking rate. 2 adverb old fashioned spanking new/clean etc very new, clean etc: a spanking new car …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• spanking — spank•ing [[t]ˈspæŋ kɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) moving rapidly and smartly 2) quick and vigorous: a spanking pace[/ex] 3) blowing briskly: a spanking breeze[/ex] 4) unusually fine, great, large, etc.; remarkable; striking 5) extremely or strikingly; very:… …   From formal English to slang

• spanking —  1. n. A beating.  2. adj. Brisk (A spanking breeze.) Smartly attractive (A spanking woman.) Rapid (A spanking pace.) Large. Showy. Extremely pleasing.  3. adv. Very …   A concise dictionary of English slang

• spanking — spank ing, a. 1. Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing. [1913 Webster] Four spanking grays ready harnessed. G. Colman, the Younger. [1913 Webster] 2. Large; considerable. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. Very; extremely;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spanking — (adj.) 1660s, very big or fine, later (especially of horses) moving at a lively pace (1738), perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Dan. spanke to strut ) …   Etymology dictionary

• spanking — I. /ˈspæŋkɪŋ / (say spangking) adjective 1. moving rapidly and smartly. 2. quick and vigorous, as the pace. 3. blowing briskly, as a breeze. 4. Colloquial unusually fine, great, large, etc. –adverb 5. (an intensifier): a spanking clean floor;… …  

• Velocity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Velocity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 velocity velocity speed celerity Sgm: N 1 swiftness swiftness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rapidity rapidity eagle speed Sgm: N 1 expedition expedition …   English dictionary for students