spunk : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spunk	by the DICT Development Group
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
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.