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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Informal Spirit; pluck.
  2. n. Punk, touchwood, or other tinder.
  3. n. Vulgar Slang Ejaculated semen.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. Touchwood; tinder; a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; amadou. Also called punk.
  2. n. A very small fire; a fiery spark or small flame; also, a lucifer match.
  3. n. Mettle; spirit; pluck; obstinate resistance to yielding.
  4. To kindle; show a flame or spark: used in phrases.

Wiktionary

  1. n. countable, obsolete A spark.
  2. n. uncountable Touchwood; tinder.
  3. n. countable, obsolete A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
  4. n. uncountable Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
  5. n. countable, UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang An attractive person (normally male).
  6. n. uncountable, UK, vulgar, slang Male ejaculate; semen.
  7. v. UK, slang To ejaculate.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
  2. n. colloq. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the courage to carry on
  2. n. material for starting a fire

Etymologies

  1. 1530, blend of spark and funk (obsolete, "spark"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Scottish Gaelic spong, tinder, from Latin spongia, sponge; see sponge. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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synonyms (8)

Words with the same meaning

  1. touchwood
  1. punk
  1. amadou
  1. spirit
  1. mettle
  1. pluck
  1. courage
  1. spirits

hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. bravery
  1. courage
  1. courageousness
  1. braveness
  1. ignitor
  1. igniter
  1. lighter

same context (15)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. explainin'
  2. watchdragon
  3. sheet-music
  1. tinderbox
  2. mentionin'
  3. plannin
  1. toadstool
  2. forequarter
  3. puling
  1. acquisitiveness
  2. wong
  3. umph
  1. wonder-worker
  2. sportsmanship
  3. deaf-mute

rhymes (24)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Funk
  2. Monk
  3. blunk
  4. bunk
  1. chunk
  2. clunk
  3. crunk
  4. debunk
  1. drunk
  2. dunk
  3. flunk
  4. funk
  1. hunk
  2. junk
  3. monk
  4. munk
  1. plunk
  2. punk
  3. shrunk
  4. skunk
  1. spelunk
  2. stunk
  3. sunk
  4. trunk

reverse dictionary (6)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. sponk
  1. tinder
  1. gumption
  1. punk
  1. spunky
  1. touchwood

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  1. impolite
  1. offensive
  1. use carefully
  1. informal

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  • yarb "My friend," she began, with a new note of impressiveness in her voice, "if you'll pardon my saying it, you haven't got the spunk of a mouse."

    - Harold Frederic, The Damnation of Theron Ware, ch. 14 Aug 2, 2008

  • johnmperry also see moxie Jul 22, 2008

  • johnmperry In UK it's another vernacular name for semen. Jul 14, 2008

  • yarb In Australia in the 80's, synonymous with hunk. A sexually desirable man. E.g. "hey Brenda, cop an eyeful of Shane in his speedos, ain't he a spunk?" Nov 13, 2007

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