Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun spank

1 sense of spank

Sense 1
spank -- (a slap with the flat of the hand)
       => smack, smacking, slap -- (the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb spank

1 sense of spank

Sense 1
spank, paddle, larrup -- (give a spanking to; subject to a spanking)
       => beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")