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| English Dictionary: spunk |
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| 2 results for spunk |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- spunk
- n
- material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder,
touchwood, spunk, punk]
- the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
Synonym(s): heart, mettle, nerve, spunk
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Spunk \Spunk\ (sp[ucr][nsm]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc,
tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia),
sp[omac]n a chip. Cf. {Sponge}, {Punk}.] [Written also
{sponk}.]
1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of
tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. --Sir
T. Browne.
2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of
spunk. [Colloq.]
A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and
spirit, and power, both of mind and body. --Prof.
Wilson.
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