beat out vs spank

beat out

verb
  • To defeat by a narrow margin. 

  • To work out fully. 

  • To sound a rhythm on a percussion instrument such as a drum. 

  • To make gold or silver leaf out of solid metal. 

  • To extinguish. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see beat, out. 

spank

verb
  • To soundly defeat, to trounce. 

  • To move rapidly. 

  • 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 hit very hard. 

noun
  • A slapping sound, as produced by spanking. 

  • An instance of spanking, separately or part of a multiple blows-beating; a smack, swat, or slap. 

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