(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!'
Tinder
Definition:
(n.) Something very inflammable, used for kindling fire from a spark, as scorched linen.
Example Sentences:
(1) You know it’s just full of people having excellent Tinder dates.
(2) From then on she became best known for the occasional declamatory remark: "America is founded on genocide"; "the quality of American life is an insult to the possibilities of human growth"; and "the white race is the cancer of history" are just three sparky sentences she threw into the tinder box of an America at war with the world and itself in the mid-60s.
(3) Mailbox What we say: Mailbox is one of the better ways to attain the fabled Inbox Zero – or at least try to – by swiping unwanted emails aside like they’re unwanted matches in Tinder.
(4) On a Saturday in January, according to Palmer and court documents, she and a friend went to Fort Bragg to connect with men they met on Tinder Social .
(5) We are supposed to have them by our early 30s at the latest – and not with some nobody we met on Tinder, but with a long-term partner who’ll push a buggy occasionally.
(6) Few guessed, though, that this tinder in the box was lit at least as much by the long arm of the law as the invisible hand of the market.
(7) But part of the reason people stop messaging is surely because you were only ever a wrong thumb swipe away from be swooshed into the "no" pile, forgotten forever before they are presented with infinite more options (has anyone ever run out of possibilities on Tinder?).
(8) The bonus of this tactic is that you’ll never be able to use Tinder again.
(9) It's an app you can download at the click of an iPhone and play at the bus stop, one that uses your smartphone's GPS to track down other Tindering singles in your area.
(10) Tinder announced the move on its blog : “Now when notable public figures, celebrities and athletes appear in your recommendations, you’ll know it’s for real.” Verified profiles for celebrities have long been in development, and were first mooted back in March 2014 , when Tinder’s chief executive, Sean Rad, said: “This will allow celebrities to enter Tinder in a different way.” The app’s chief marketing officer, Justin Mateen, added : “Tinder gives them [celebrities] the control to filter through the noise and communicate with people they want to know.” lily (@lilyallen) Just discovered tinder.
(11) We may be sexting, Tindering and OK Cupid-ing until our iPhones burn our palms, but when it comes to physical consummation, for many of us, sex has gone the same way as whist drives and tea dances.
(12) But even I've noticed something horrible has happened to romance lately, and I'm placing the blame on Tinder .
(13) People who use Tinder understand that, although some people who don’t might be more hesitant to sign up.
(14) It feels uncomfortably shallow at first but, as one of my fellow Tindering friends points out, "You'd just be doing it in your head at the pub anyway."
(15) But there are heartening stories from around the world of people teaming up to go Pokémon hunting and of people helping each other find elusive Pokémon – and the app is now officially more popular than Tinder , which suggests Pokemon Go might start bringing people together in very special ways indeed.
(16) I don't want people to know I sit on my bedroom floor on a Friday night and order two pizzas while watching Nothing To Declare and scrolling through Tinder.
(17) So as soon as you make one wrong move, write one badly worded message, or they simply can't be arsed, you're mentally swiped to the side – not as satisfying as the initial, physical Tinder swipe, but just as effective.
(18) A heat wave and tinder-dry brush had created a dynamic, dangerous situation, California fire captain Mike Mohler told local television reporters.
(19) Or the dreamy sex expert inspired by the time Demetriou swiped right on Tinder.
(20) In a nation with rampant inequality, endemic segregation and massive poverty guns are the spark on a huge pile of dry tinder.