spunk
noun/spʌŋk/
/spʌŋk/
- [uncountable] (informal) courage; determinationTopics Personal qualitiesc2
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- [uncountable] (British English, taboo, slang) semen (= the white liquid containing sperm that is produced by the sex organs of men and male animals)
- [countable] (Australian English, informal) a sexually attractive person
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a spark, vestige’): of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of spark and obsolete funk ‘spark’.
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