I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
spanking new (= completely new )
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a spanking new conference centre
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bondage, beating, whipping and spanking .
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But you wouldn't call that a spanking .
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Parents typically use threats and spankings when they feel powerless and angry.
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Still, I was willing to risk spankings for a taste of what I thought was out there.
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When they misbehave, we resort to various sanctions, including old-fashioned spanking at times.
II. adjective
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Along a side street there prowled, one recent morning, a spanking white Rolls-Royce.
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In the distance, ponies in long-shafted light chariots trotted at a spanking pace, the wheels spinning around.
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Jules, entering into the charioteer spirit, drove standing up and the mare went along at a spanking trot.
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That he was wearing a spanking new snap-brimmed fedora.
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There is a plan to clear the site to make way for a spanking new conference centre.