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Spank
Spank noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.
Usage example: delivered a quick spank to the child's bottom for disobedience
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When you fight Ook the baboon in the first dungeon, his vulnerable spot is his prominent butt, so to beat him you have to literally spank the monkey.
- As used metaphorically, can describe an umpteen-nil football match.note The synonymous American term for this use is a "blowout" (Note that the verb "hide" itself is not used as a synonym for "beat" or "spank"- that would be "tanning your/someone's hide".)
Source: Useful Notes / British English
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