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spunk
spunk S0676600 (spŭngk)n.1. Informal Spirit; pluck.2. Punk, touchwood, or other tinder.3. Vulgar Slang Ejaculated semen.
[Scottish Gaelic spong, tinder, from Latin spongia, sponge; see sponge.]spunk (spʌŋk) n1. informal courage or spirit2. Brit a slang word for semen3. touchwood or tinder, esp originally made from various spongy types of fungus4. informal Austral and NZ a person, esp male, who is sexually attractive[C16 (in the sense: a spark): from Scottish Gaelic spong tinder, sponge, from Latin spongia sponge] ˈspunky adj ˈspunkily advUsage: The second sense of this word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in older editions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its usespunk (spʌŋk)
n. 1. pluck; spirit; mettle. 2. tinder; touchwood; punk. [1530–40; obscurely akin to funk spark, touchwood, punk1] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  spunk - material for starting a fire kindling, tinder, touchwood, punkigniter, ignitor, lighter - a substance used to ignite or kindle a fire | | 2. |  spunk - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"mettle, nerve, heartbraveness, bravery, courage, courageousness - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear |
spunknoun (Informal) courage, spirit, nerve, balls (taboo slang), bottle (Brit. slang), resolution, guts (informal), pluck, grit, backbone, toughness, mettle, gumption (informal), gameness, ballsiness (taboo slang) I admired her independence and her spunk.spunknounInformal. The quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutely:braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, dauntlessness, doughtiness, fearlessness, fortitude, gallantry, gameness, heart, intrepidity, intrepidness, mettle, nerve, pluck, pluckiness, spirit, stoutheartedness, undauntedness, valiance, valiancy, valiantness, valor.Informal: spunkiness.Slang: gut (used in plural), gutsiness, moxie.Translationsspunk
spunk1. Energetic, enthusiastic resolve or courage; spirit; moxie. I like your spunk, kid. You've got yourself a job! You've gotta have spunk to get ahead in this industry.2. vulgar slang Semen.get enough spunk up (to do something)To muster or draw upon one's courage or resolve to do something. I wanted to ask Mary Sue to the prom, but I couldn't get enough spunk up. I hope Jonathan finally gets enough spunk up to ask his boss for a raise.See also: enough, get, spunk, upget the spunk up (to do something)To muster or draw upon one's courage or resolve to do something. I wanted to ask Mary Sue to the prom, but I couldn't get the spunk up. I hope Jonathan finally gets the spunk up to ask his boss for a raise.See also: get, spunk, upget enough nerve up (to do something) and get enough courage up (to do something); get enough guts up (to do something); get enough pluck up (to do something); get enough spunk up (to do something); get the nerve up (to do something); get the courage up (to do something); get the guts up (to do something); get the pluck up (to do something); get the spunk up (to do something)Fig. to work up enough courage to do something. I hope I can get enough nerve up to ask her for her autograph. I wanted to do it, but I couldn't get up enough nerve. I thought he would never get up the courage to ask me for a date.See also: enough, get, nerve, upget the spunk up(to do something) Go to get enough nerve up (to do something).See also: get, spunk, upspunk (spəŋk) n. courage. Show some spunk. Get in there and stand up for your rights. spunk
Synonyms for spunknoun courageSynonyms- courage
- spirit
- nerve
- balls
- bottle
- resolution
- guts
- pluck
- grit
- backbone
- toughness
- mettle
- gumption
- gameness
- ballsiness
Synonyms for spunknoun the quality of mind enabling one to face danger or hardship resolutelySynonyms- braveness
- bravery
- courage
- courageousness
- dauntlessness
- doughtiness
- fearlessness
- fortitude
- gallantry
- gameness
- heart
- intrepidity
- intrepidness
- mettle
- nerve
- pluck
- pluckiness
- spirit
- stoutheartedness
- undauntedness
- valiance
- valiancy
- valiantness
- valor
- spunkiness
- gut
- gutsiness
- moxie
Synonyms for spunknoun material for starting a fireSynonyms- kindling
- tinder
- touchwood
- punk
Related Wordsnoun the courage to carry onSynonymsRelated Words- braveness
- bravery
- courage
- courageousness
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