Associations to the word «Spunk»

Wiktionary

SPUNK, noun. (countable) (obsolete) A spark.
SPUNK, noun. (uncountable) Touchwood; tinder.
SPUNK, noun. (countable) (chiefly Scotland) (obsolete) A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.
SPUNK, noun. (uncountable) Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
SPUNK, noun. (countable) (UK) (Australia) (New Zealand) (slang) An attractive person (normally male).
SPUNK, noun. (uncountable) (chiefly UK) (vulgar) (slang) Semen.
SPUNK, verb. (slang) (vulgar) To ejaculate.

Dictionary definition

SPUNK, noun. Material for starting a fire.
SPUNK, noun. The courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King