Cryptic crossword clue
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The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPANKING

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What does SPANKING mean?

SPANKING verb
  1. To beat, smack or slap a person's buttocks, with the bare hand or other object, as punishment, gesture, or form of sexual interaction.
  2. To soundly defeat, to trounce.
  3. To hit very hard
  4. To move rapidly.
SPANKING noun
  1. A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.
  2. An incident of such punishment, or such physical act in a non-punitive context, such as a birthday spanking.
SPANKING adjective
  1. Fast and energetic.
  2. Brisk and fresh.
SPANKING adverb
  1. (now usually with “new”) An intensifier.

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