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Spaned vs Spanked - What's the difference?

spaned | spanked |

As verbs the difference between spaned and spanked

is that spaned is past tense of spane while spanked is past tense of spank.

spaned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (spane)

    • spane

    English

    Verb

    (span)
  • (obsolete, UK, dialect) To wean; to spean.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    spanked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (spank)

    • spank

    English

    (spanking)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
  • To soundly defeat, to trounce.
  • To move rapidly.
    • The ship was really spanking along.

    Derived terms

    * spankable * spankee * spanker * spanking * unspanked

    See also

    * over the knee

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap.
  • A slapping sound, as produced by spanking.

    • Anagrams

    * English transitive verbs