What is another word for spanking?
Synonyms for spanking
ˈspæŋ kɪŋspank·ing
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spankingadjective
the act of slapping on the buttocks
"he gave the brat a good spanking"
Antonyms:
lethargic, unenrgeticalert, brisk, lively, merry, rattling, snappy, spanking, zippyadjective
quick and energetic
"a brisk walk in the park"; "a lively gait"; "a merry chase"; "traveling at a rattling rate"; "a snappy pace"; "a spanking breeze"
Synonyms:
jovial, natty, marvelous, festive, rattling(a), brisk, wondrous, nipping, peppy, spruce, resilient, mirthful, jocund, frosty, festal, tremendous, grand, marvellous, snappy, live, racy, bouncing, watchful, lively, bouncy, wonderful, dapper, jolly, gay, springy, alive(p), tonic, fresh, awake(p), nippy, raffish, jaunty, fantastic, alert, merry, terrific, spiffy, rakish, rattling, snappish, howling(a), refreshful, dashing, spirited, full of life, bracing, crisp, whipping, refreshing, zippy, vitalAntonyms:
unenrgetic, lethargic
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#456 | gay | |
#461 | live | |
#1304 | ass | |
#1450 | grand | |
#2085 | fresh | |
#2450 | alert | |
#2767 | wonderful | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#4760 | vital | |
#4895 | spanking | |
#8581 | merry | |
#8774 | tremendous | |
#8853 | striking | |
#10348 | beating | |
#11793 | crisp | |
#12244 | terrific | |
#12285 | lively | |
#13559 | refreshing | |
#15244 | spruce | |
#15287 | jolly | |
#17749 | festive | |
#18164 | bouncing | |
#19151 | marvelous | |
#19606 | spirited | |
#19985 | whipping | |
#21667 | tonic | |
#23063 | bouncy | |
#24283 | resilient | |
#27777 | frosty | |
#29587 | marvellous | |
#30505 | brisk | |
#31123 | wondrous | |
#34167 | bracing | |
#37517 | watchful | |
#38411 | snappy | |
#40868 | dashing | |
#41824 | zippy | |
#43415 | rattling | |
#47719 | racy | |
#51390 | spiffy | |
#57569 | dapper | |
#64241 | natty | |
#69127 | jovial | |
#77061 | peppy | |
#87861 | jaunty | |
#91935 | nipping | |
#95208 | springy | |
#117029 | nippy | |
#153268 | rakish | |
#182943 | festal | |
#199502 | mirthful | |
#238388 | snappish | |
#295546 | raffish | |
#305690 | jocund |
How to use spanking in a sentence?
If it were an effective strategy, you would either see no correlation between spanking and child behavior, or you would see a correlation that's the opposite of what you do see, what you see is a positive correlation between spanking and higher levels of behavior problems. If it were effective you should see the opposite.
So that’s a tricky thing when you’re out in public, ’cause then people are like, you know, they think that’s wrong or something, but I find nothing wrong with a spanking.
Nobody has randomly assigned children to receive different types of parenting or different types of discipline strategies, per se. ... So it's difficult for anybody to say spanking a child causes that child later on to be more aggressive, even though there are theories to suggest that could be why the correlation exists, although all the evidence is correlational, there's little correlational evidence that it's an effective strategy, and if it were effective, Rebecca Ryan should see correlational evidence.
No one knows how I felt when I turned Adrian Peterson child around after spanking him and seeing what I had left on his leg, No one knows that Dad sat there and apologized to him, hugged him and told him that I didn't mean to do this to you and how sorry I was.
Was Secretary Clinton awake or asleep when four Americans were being murdered? We don't know to this day, we do know Hillary told her daughter Chelsea, 'Well gosh, I knew it was a terrorist attack,' while we were out telling the American people it wasn't. You know, I'll tell you, in my house, if my daughter Catherine, the 5-year-old, says something she knows to be false, she gets a spanking.
Translations for spanking
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- ال� ربArabic
- výprask, nářezCzech
- tæskDanish
- HaueGerman
- ξύλισμαGreek
- nalgada, azotadoSpanish
- piiskausFinnish
- fesséeFrench
- ghreadadhIrish
- skelpinScottish Gaelic
- elfenekelésHungarian
- menggebukIndonesian
- sculacciata, totòItalian
- 尻叩きJapanese
- 매우, 곤장Korean
- LONGELatin
- pak voor de broek, voor de billen geven, billenkoekDutch
- spankingNorwegian
- laniePolish
- sova, coça, surraPortuguese
- strașnicRomanian
- шлёпание, взбучка, порка, трёпкаRussian
- ताडनSanskrit
- smiskSwedish
- palo sa puwitTagalog
- şaplakTurkish
- 拍击Chinese
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