spank somebody/something to hit somebody, especially a child, several times on their bottom as a punishment打（小孩的）屁股- I used to get beaten and spanked a lot when I was a kid.小时候，我经常被殴打和打屁股。
- She says she’s never spanked her children.她说她从没打过孩子。
compare smackTopics Life stagesc2Oxford Collocations DictionarySpank is used with these nouns as the object: See full entry Word Originearly 18th cent.: perhaps imitative.