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Noun: spunk  spúngk
Usage: informal
  1. [N. Amer, informal] Material for starting a fire
    - kindling, tinder, touchwood [archaic], punk [N. Amer]
     
  2. The courage to carry on
    "he kept fighting on pure spunk";
    - heart, mettle, nerve
     
  3. [Brit, vulgar] The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract
    - semen, seed, seminal fluid, ejaculate, come [informal]
     
  4. [Austral, informal] A sexually attractive person

Derived forms: spunks

Type of: bodily fluid, body fluid, bottle [Brit, informal], braveness, bravery, courage, courageousness, humor [US], humour [Brit, Cdn], igniter, ignitor, lighter, liquid body substance

Encyclopedia: Spunk