English Explanatory Dictionary

spunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spark.
  2. Touchwood; tinder.
  3. Synonym of taper, a thin stick used for transferring flames, especially a sulfur match.
  4. Synonym of match, a thin chemically-treated stick used for creating flames.
  5. Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.
  6. An attractive person; a good-looker.
  7. Semen.
verb
  1. To catch fire; flame up.
  2. To ejaculate.
  3. To waste (money etc.).

Pronunciation

/spʌŋk/ en-us-spunk.ogg en-au-spunk.ogg

Word forms

spunk spunks spunking spunked

Etymology

1530, blend of spark + funk (obsolete, “spark”). Funk (“spark, touchwood”) is from Middle English funke, fonke (“spark”), from Old English *funca (“spark”), from Proto-West Germanic *funkō, from Proto-Germanic *funkô (“spark”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng- (“to shine”), and is akin to Middle Low German funke, fanke (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonke (“spark”), Old High German funcho, funko (“spark”), German Funke (“spark”).

Synonyms

taper match Adonis beefcake hunk go up in flames catch on fire catch fire combust conflagrate fire go up in smoke ignite light spunk take fire cum blow one's load blow one's wad blow a nut breed bust bust a nut come cream ejaculate explode get off go off jizz juice nut pop shoot a rope shoot off shoot one's load shoot one's wad skeet spray one's shorts sprog spoof splooge spooge spurt fritter splurge squander

Derived words

spunkful spunkish spunkless spunklike spunk-water spunky spunk off

Translations

Finnish: adonis German: heißer Typ Polish: ciacho Portuguese: gato Spanish: guaperas Spanish: churro Spanish: guapetón
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