spank

"He absolutely didn't deserve that. Some of those fans should take a long, hard look at themselves for the way they mocked him. I hope Villa go there and spank them, just because of that."

From BBC ● Dec. 29, 2025

Putin responded that “it’s better not to spank children and not to cite traditions,” but agreed that “unceremonious interference with the family is unacceptable,” and promised to review the law.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2021

I’ve come a long way—I very rarely yell, never spank, and I’m generally responsive and caring.

From Slate ● May 18, 2021

That’s the thing with the pros; they’d spank us at crazy golf as well.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 25, 2019

They don’t spank us or rap us on the knuckles with rulers or wash our mouths out with soap, all of that stuff you read about in old-fashioned books.

From "P.S. I Miss You" by Jen Petro-Roy

Kecmanovic, though, spanks a forehand into the corner then a backhand onto the sideline to save it, only to tamely go wide shortly afterwards; can he do it again?

From The Guardian ● Jan. 23, 2022

The ball runs towards Davies, who spanks a first-time shot over the bar from a tight angle.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 2, 2021

Perhaps it’s because it’s by and about women that it spanks the whole bunch of “prestigious” puzzle TV shows, by never letting the puzzle swamp its characters or their psychologies.

From Slate ● Jan. 31, 2019

For another thing, the movie effectively spanks snobs who claim that people aren’t into books anymore.

From Washington Post ● May 21, 2018

"If Sammy Pinkney tries to be a pirate, and carries my Mrs. Eland off in any such horrid way," declared Tess with much energy for her, "I hope his mother spanks him good!"

From The Corner House Girls in a Play How they rehearsed, how they acted, and what the play brought in by Grace Brooks Hill