Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Informal Spirited; plucky.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Showing a small fire or spark.
- Haunted: noting a place supposed to be haunted from the frequent appearance of the ignis fatuus.
- Having spunk, fire, spirit, or obstinacy; spirited; unwilling to give up, or to acknowledge one's self beaten.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. colloq. Full of spunk; quick; spirited.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. willing to face danger
- adj. showing courage
Etymologies
- From spunk + -y. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Here 'spunky' is slang for 'covered in seminal fluid'.”
Princess Mahalanobis: Blog Baby, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“Sure, the ladies sing indistinctly with no harmony whatsoever, but they did write much of their own material and have a certain spunky charm that’s not easy to resist.”
“Mr. Liu is known as a spunky, everyday kid who exudes a kind of personality that also isn't handed down by the state.”
“He was blind in one eye and described as spunky, but he sired infertile eggs.”
“To most of the world, Lech Walesa is known as a spunky and courageous freedom fighter whose Solidarity trade union helped bring about the collapse of communism in Poland and in Eastern Europe, and helped eventually to bring down the Soviet Union.”
“Todd Lowe, who plays Terry Bellefleur said, "A lot of people will be getting naked this season," and Carrie Preston (aka spunky redhead Arlene Fowler) revealed that Alex is the one with the most nude scenes!”
“People describe Jamie as spunky, and I've been described as spunky before.”
“I only hope that one day I can be the kind of spunky woman she is.”
“It's a nice write-up, even if they did use the word "spunky" to describe Marlys.”
“I don't agree with your politics, but at least be intelligent and represent women as capable kick ass politicians - not 'spunky' gals...”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spunky’.
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Russian Doll Words
A Russian Doll word is a word that, when you remove the first and last letters, is either the empty string, or a Russian Doll word. These are all of the 6 or more letter Russian Doll words found in...
taramea, tawings, tchicks, timider, tirades, tirings, towings, trailed, trailer, trained, trainee, trainer and 2373 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
concupiscence, brize, scree, scoria, forestaff, spanaemia, valetudinarianism, distasture, pyrethrum, laudanum, gentian, bicameral and 11184 more...
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EN-HU - important words for a HU inte...
Words only (I left out the expressions) from Geza Kerenyi's EN-HU interpreters' dictionary. Most of them pose some difficulty when interpreted between HU and EN in either or both directions.
abalone, abrasive, abstractionist, abstruse, abysmal, academia, accessibility, accessible, acclimate, accolade, accompanist, achiever and 1469 more...
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I am : brave
brave, bold, courageous, audacious, doughty, chivalrous, gallant, gutsy, gumption, plucky, spunky, nerve and 12 more...
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Kingly epithets
Take one of CharlesFerdinand's excellent Merovingians or Goths, add a "the" and one of these descriptors, and presto, a character for your long-planned spoof fantasy novel.
unlikely, chuckleheaded, aloof, lacklustre, slow, murky, neurotic, clichéd, pediculous, dour, bungling, dandy and 23 more...
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the trial of the wasps
The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades Is Out to Get Us!
quixotic, shattered, extravagant, warmth, courage, indomitable, spunky, unscathed, valiant, plucky, protagonist, antagonist and 27 more...
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My List
frugal, vicissitude, scatter, fiduciary, calf, mesmerize, eke, unkempt, callousness, heist, fumble, flinty and 31 more...
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Twitter favorites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favorite word" and adds it to this list.
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unfathomably, glice, cuh, fab, ciggaty, doll, thuggin, oxymoronic, pineapple, succubutt, griming, cheeky and 2369 more... -
kimo2000's Words
pakalolo, miliated, voodoo, vindaloo, hacienda, acquiesce, addlepated, olio, akimbo, apropos, oogenesis, arugula and 181 more...
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Apples to Apples: Green Cards
A complete list of the green cards (adjectives) from the popular word game.
absurd, addictive, adorable, aged, American, ancient, animated, annoying, appetizing, arrogant, awesome, awkward and 237 more...
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stpeter's Words
abase, abasement, abashed, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abhorrent, abide, abject, ablation, abnegation and 3536 more...
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favorite words
ennui, bonhomie, eschew, liaison, serendipity, lovely, dusk, kitten, epitome, sexy, beloved, darling and 396 more...
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Sassypants
The qualities of The Diva. Social skills, playful yet bitchy.
churlish, bitchy, cantankerous, peevish, disagreeable, quarrelsome, venomous, grumpy, groachy, crabby, dismal, snappish and 143 more...
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S is for Sweater Puppy
My S Words
secret agent, sweater puppy, skivvies, soda jerk, surly, space madness, sad sack, sadsack, scoundrel, scrabble, shaken teddy bear..., saucy and 181 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1695 more...
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JakeMV's Words
duffel, schadenfreude, boisterous, belligerent, stinky, bric-a-brac, dong, flagellum, splat, janky, brash, hubris and 37 more...
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