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spunk

[ spuhngk ]

noun

  1. pluck; spirit; mettle.
  2. touchwood, tinder, or punk.


spunk

/ 蝉辫蕦艐办 /

noun

  1. informal.
    courage or spirit
  2. a slang word for semen
  3. touchwood or tinder, esp originally made from various spongy types of fungus
  4. informal.
    a person, esp male, who is sexually attractive
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

The second sense of this word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary . However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉辫耻苍办颈濒测, adverb
  • 藞蝉辫耻苍办测, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蝉辫耻苍办顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spunk1

1530鈥40; blend of spark 1 and obsolete funk spark, touchwood (cognate with Dutch vonk, German Funke )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of spunk1

C16 (in the sense: a spark): from Scottish Gaelic spong tinder, sponge, from Latin spongia sponge
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Owing to her Western spunk, talent for deduction, ability to identify a tobacco scent Holmes cannot and the detective鈥檚 need for a sidekick, she鈥檚 made his assistant.

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Socorro鈥檚 social nature, her spunk and her adaptability were likely rooted in her early childhood experiences tagging along with her father to bullfights and bars.

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She did a good job of bringing Winehouse鈥檚 spunk, vulnerability and big-as-her-hair personality to the screen; a scene of her getting emotional in the studio while recording the song 鈥淏ack to Black鈥 was particularly moving.

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鈥淐oastal Funk鈥 brings together work by Robert Arneson, one of funk鈥檚 godfathers, and contemporary artists keeping the spunk of funk alive.

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She was a successful writer in New York City with an impossibly expensive wardrobe, a singular style, good friends and a lot of spunk.

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