spunk

[Spunk]

The courage to carry on

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Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.

Noun
the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven''t got the heart for baseball"

Noun
material for starting a fire


n.
Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.

n.
An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk.


Spunk

Spunk (sp&ucr;&nsm;k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp&omac;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. 2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq.]
A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body.

Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.

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