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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats