Synonyms for spank

Most common

whip · paddle · flog · thwack · slap · smack · rout

All synonyms

Verb

Antonyms

capitulate

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Definitions

1. v. 1

   To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, or for sexual gratification.

Related words

Word family

spanker spanking spankies

Phrases

spank the monkey spank bank spank it

Forms

Past participle

spanked
e.g. spanked → beaten, whipped, flogged, paddled…

Example sentences

• whip I'm sure you'll whip us up something really good.
• paddle Tom can't remember which ping-pong paddle is his.
• flog He tried to flog his old bike, but no one would buy it.
• slap For Markku Liisa's comment was a slap in the face.
• smack They always talk smack about me behind my back.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

beat¹, whip¹, slap¹, lash¹, rout¹, pelt¹, maul¹, flog¹, drub¹

5 letters

pound¹, smack¹, whack¹, thump¹, baste¹

6 letters

batter², paddle², thrash¹, wallop², thwack, larrup

7 letters

trounce¹, lambast

8 letters

lamblast

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (batter² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

fesser

Italiano

sculacciare

Español

zurrar

Deutsch

hauen