spunk

IPA: spˈʌŋk

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

Examples of "spunk" in Sentences

Actually, I think the spunk is a symptom of the politics.
How can you look at her like that and not want to cover her in spunk?
True Story: I know a black guy who calls his spunk "His Dark Materials".
Tenniel would later post: His spunk is a fine example for all White folk.
Sandy strak a spunk an 'lichtit his lantern, an', efter a fell lot o 'fykin', he got her into order.
The only time Palin can be accused of having spunk is when it comes to looking after her own interest in making money.
Woebetide any squaddie who turned up wearing one of them skull masks - they'd probably be called spunk-lips or bukkake face or spunk-mush for the rest of their career.
Over the past few years it has come to be widely used in informal contexts to mean ` spirits, chutzpah, guts, courage '; what Brits used to call spunk a generation ago.
This gives her songs a greater sense of sass and spunk, which is probably how she got pigeonholed into Country so quickly (her earliest works actually sound pretty Gospel).
The lady gives off a quality that used to be called "spunk" - a combination of confidence, toughness, and charm that wins over voters, even when a track record commensurate with the office she seeks is lacking.