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plural of spank
Synonyms of spanks
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a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
- delivered a quick spank to the child's bottom for disobedience
Synonyms for spanks
- bangs,
- bashes,
- bats,
- beats,
- belts,
- biffs,
- blows,
- bops,
- boxes,
- buffets,
- busts,
- chops,
- claps,
- clips,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cuffs,
- dabs,
- douses
- [British],
- fillips,
- hacks,
- haymakers,
- hits,
- hooks,
- knocks,
- larrups
- [dialect],
- lashes,
- licks,
- pelts,
- picks,
- plumps,
- pokes,
- pounds,
- punches,
- raps,
- slams,
- slaps,
- slugs,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- stingers,
- stripes,
- strokes,
- swats,
- swipes,
- switches,
- thuds,
- thumps,
- thwacks,
- wallops,
- welts,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whops
- (also whaps)
Words Related to spanks
spanks
verb
present tense third-person singular of spank
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