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I . spank·ing [spæŋkɪŋ] ADJ inf

1. spanking approv (fast):

spanking
at a spanking pace

2. spanking dated inf (good):

spanking time
spanking performance

II . spank·ing [spæŋkɪŋ] ADV inv dated inf (very)

spanking good yarn
brand spanking new
spanking new
brandneu inf
spanking white

III . spank·ing [spæŋkɪŋ] N

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

spanking new
spanking white
spanking performance
at a spanking pace
spanking good yarn
brand spanking new
to give sb a good [or sound] spanking

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Birthday spankings are administered over the clothes and usually by close friends or family members, and are generally playful swats not meant to cause real pain.
en.wikipedia.org
It advocates raising children to obey without question, through spankings that begin when they are babies.
ac360.blogs.cnn.com
Other parents say that they learned a very different lesson from their spankings.
www.cnn.com
The strip featured slapstick humour most of all (spankings are frequent) but emphasizes the tender and conspiratorial relationship between the two.
en.wikipedia.org

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