'Spunk' definitions:
Definition of 'spunk'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Spunk'
From: GCIDE
- Spunk \Spunk\ (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk.] [Written also sponk.]
- 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
- A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body. --Prof. Wilson. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'spunk'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adventuresomeness,
- adventurousness,
- aggression,
- aggressiveness,
- amadou,
- ambitiousness,
- backbone,
- bang,
- bottle,
- bottom,
- chutzpah,
- courage,
- dash,
- dauntlessness,
- doggedness,
- drive,
- dynamism,
- enterprise,
- enterprisingness,
- fire,
- force,
- forcefulness,
- gameness,
- German tinder,
- get-up-and-get,
- get-up-and-go,
- getup,
- ginger,
- go,
- go-ahead,
- go-getting,
- go-to-itiveness,
- grit,
- gumption,
- guts,
- gutsiness,
- guttiness,
- heart,
- heart of oak,
- hustle,
- initiative,
- intestinal fortitude,
- kick,
- marrow,
- mettle,
- mettlesomeness,
- moxie,
- nerve,
- pep,
- pepper,
- piss and vinegar,
- pith,
- pizzazz,
- pluck,
- pluckiness,
- poop,
- punch,
- punk,
- push,
- pushfulness,
- pushiness,
- pushingness,
- pyrotechnic sponge,
- resolution,
- resolve,
- sand,
- snap,
- spirit,
- spunkiness,
- stamina,
- starch,
- stout heart,
- thrust,
- tinder,
- tinder fungus,
- tinderbox,
- touchwood,
- toughness,
- true grit,
- up-and-comingness,
- venturesomeness,
- venturousness,
- verve,
- vim,
- zing,
- zip