spankers

Gaff-rigged stern sails

Spankers is the plural of spanker.

A spanker is someone who spanks—strikes with an open hand, typically on the buttocks as punishment or during sexual activity.

In sailing, the spanker is the aftermost fore-and-aft sail on a ship.

Informally, spanker can mean something impressively large or fast: That horse is a real spanker.

nautical

sails

Wind-catching boat fabric

gaff · mizzen · schooner · ketch · brigantine · clipper · topsail · fore-and-aft · yardarm · canvas

corporal

paddle

Flat-bladed water tool

  • smackStrike with open hand
  • swatHit something sharply
  • slapOpen-handed blow

whack · bottom · buttocks · punishment · discipline · hand · palm · sting · rear · backside

slang-excellent

cracker

Crisp baked wafer

doozy · beaut · humdinger · whopper · belter · ripper · banger · smasher · winner · gem

Opposites
sail position (fore vs. aft)

spankersjibs

Triangular foresails on boats

headsails · foresails · staysails · spinnakers

sail orientation/rigging type

spankerssquare sails

Horizontal-yard mounted canvas

courses · topsails · royals

Phrases
Family

spanked, spanker

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG-13