"''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 without constraints"
°An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
adjective
"a spanking pace"
°Brisk and fresh.
"a spanking breeze"
verb
°(colloquial now usually with “new”) An intensifier.
"brand spanking new"
synonyms:
striking