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Meaning of 'spunk' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Spunk [ n.]
- Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
- An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.

Meaning of 'spunk' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . spunk [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the courage to carry on
Example in sentence:
  • he kept fighting on pure spunk;
  • you haven't got the heart for baseball

Nearby Words:

spud spue spuilzie spuke spuller spulzie spume spumed spumeous spumescence

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