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spank·ing (spãng'kĭng)

adj.
Informal. Exceptional of its kind; remarkable.
Swift and vigorous: a spanking pace.
Brisk and fresh: a spanking breeze.

adv.
Used as an intensive: a spanking clean shirt.

n.
A number of slaps on the buttocks delivered in rapid succession, as for punishment.

[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

spankingly spank'ing·ly adv.



Damn those Scandinavians! What did they start this whole mess for anyway?