Spunk

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  • noun. Spirit; pluck.
  • noun. Punk, touchwood, or other tinder.
  • noun. Ejaculated semen.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To kindle; show a flame or spark: used in phrases.
  • noun. Touchwood; tinder; a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; amadou. Also called punk.
  • noun. A very small fire; a fiery spark or small flame; also, a lucifer match.
  • noun. Mettle; spirit; pluck; obstinate resistance to yielding.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
  • noun. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A spark.
  • noun. Touchwood; tinder.
  • noun. A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
  • noun. Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
  • noun. An attractive person (normally male).
  • noun. Male ejaculate; semen.
  • verb. To ejaculate.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the courage to carry on
  • noun. material for starting a fire
  • Word Usage
    "Actually, I think the spunk is a symptom of the politics."
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