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Definitions for Spunk

[1] pluck; spirit; mettle.
[2] touchwood, tinder, or punk.
[3] informal courage or spirit
[4] British a slang word for semen
[5] touchwood or tinder, esp originally made from various spongy types of fungus
[6] Australian and NZ informal a person, esp male, who is sexually attractive

Words related to Spunk

grit, gumption, guts, fortitude, moxie, mettle, toughness, come, gameness, backbone, pluck, determination, doggedness, resolution, spirit, semen, seed, sperm

Words nearby Spunk

spun silk, spun sugar, spun yarn, spun-bonding, spunbonded, spunk, spunkie, spunky, spunware, spur, spur blight

Origin of Spunk

1530–40; blend of spark1 and obsolete funk spark, touchwood (cognate with Dutch vonk, German Funke )

Other words from Spunk

spunk·less , adjective

Word origin for Spunk

C16 (in the sense: a spark): from Scottish Gaelic spong tinder, sponge, from Latin spongia sponge

Synonyms for Spunk

fortitude, grit, gumption, guts, mettle, moxie, toughness, backbone, determination, doggedness, gameness, pluck, resolution, spirit, intestinal fortitude, true grit