1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Spank.

2. (a.) Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing.

3. (a.) Large; considerable.

active activist activistic acute admonishment admonition aggressive agile alive animated awfully banging bastinado basting battery beating belting big blustery bouncing bouncy bracing brand-new brand-spanking new breakneck breezy bright brisk bubbly buffeting bumping caning castigation chastisement chiding chipper clubbing corporal punishment correction cowhiding crisp cudgeling damned dashing double-quick dreadfully drubbing dynamic eagle-winged ebullient effervescent energetic enterprising enthusiastic expeditious express extremely fast fine fire-new flagellation flailing fleet flogging flying forceful forcible fresh freshening frisky full of go full of life full of pep fustigation galloping gleaming go-go great hair-trigger hasty headlong hearty horsewhipping hustling impetuous incisive intense invigorating just out keen kinetic lacing large lashing lecture lesson light of heel light-footed live lively living lusty mercurial mettlesome mightily militant newfangle newfangled nimble nimble-footed objurgation outstanding peppy perky pert pistol-whipping precipitate prompt quick quick as lightning quick as thought quicksilver rapid rating rattling rawhiding rebuke reckless remarkable reprehension reprimand reproach reprobation reproof reproval robust running scolding scourging sermon slapping smacking smart snapping snappy spanking new speedy spirited sprightly spry strapping strenuous stripes strong swift swingeing switching take-charge take-over thrashing thumping thundering trenchant trouncing truncheoning upbraiding vibrant vigorous vivacious vivid walloping whacking whaling whipping whopping winged zestful zesty zingy zippy