Onomatopeia / Sound for scolding child

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pizza

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What's the onomatopeia / sound that you use to refer to the spanking of a child?

Like オシリぺんぺん in Japanese or "pao pao" in Spanish.

Note: I am not advocating this form of child disciplining.
 
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Hi, pizza.

"Spank" itself is believed to have originated as an onomatopoeia. It can be used as one in Modern English too.

WHACK! CRACK! SLAP! POW! THUD! A few more minutes of fighting sounds and then
another moment of quiet. Then I heard, SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK! SPANK!;
followed by what sounded like a boy...crying.
http://www.thevalkyrie.com/stories/mc/discussion.txt
 
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