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spank
 
NOUN:A quick, sharp blow, especially with the hand: box2, buffet, bust, chop1, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, smacker, swat, whack. Informal : clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE.
VERB:To hit with a quick, sharp blow of the hand: box2, buffet, bust, cuff, punch, slap, smack1, swat, whack. Informal : clip1, spat. See ATTACK, STRIKE.
 
 
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