(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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other countries across the world have had the spunk within them to rise up and overthrow the society that allows such inequality and unfairness to thrive.
(2) In the face of recurring jokes about spunk, shit and piss (the three most resilient weapons in any gross-out film-maker's arsenal), shock value soon took a tumble.
(3) That phenomenal voice and talent and the spunk that she has, I really admire all that.
(4) And, ironically, I couldn't mend it, as you'd smeared the last of your Copydex all over your hands while shouting: "I spunked up while watching Cagney & Lacey !"
(5) It's all about setting goals #NEDvsAUS June 18, 2014 4.40pm BST Brian Russell sees some Dutch in the Aussies, kind of: "I applaud the optimism and raging Aussie spunk of Jeremy Boyce and Johan van Slooten," he writes, "but all the facts points to a pretty comprehensive Dutch win today.
(6) And it makes SATC's bunny rabbit and "funky spunk" episodes look like Pillow Talk.
(7) Chances are their parents have already spunked everything they own.
(8) My recollection is, two days later we were playing a gig in Germany and we probably spunked it all on beer."
(9) Mom downplays most of the negatives I've written about, just like she did with unpleasantness when I was growing up, and she shows astonishing spunk in promoting the book.
(10) But it was never like, 'Let's spunk it on drugs and booze!'
Stunk
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Stink
() imp. & p. p. of Stink.
Example Sentences:
(1) She stunk the place out, but the smell, to me, was extraordinary.