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spunky en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈspʌŋki/

Etymology

Etymology tree English spunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spunky From spunk + -y.

Meanings

1. (US) Spirited or plucky.
2. (UK, slang) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
   • I'm not the kind of girl you want to come across / Yo, it's Josh T with his spunky sauce 2016 May 5, “Thinking He's Hard (Little T Reply)”, performed by Soph Aspin:
3. (UK, slang) Stained with semen.
4. (Australia, slang) Of a person, stunningly beautiful; good-looking.

Forms

Deriveds

spunkiness · spunkily

spunky en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈspʌŋki/

Etymology

Etymology tree English spunk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English spunky From spunk + -y.

Meanings

1. (Australia, dated, slang) A good-looking person.
   • But every Friday night up at the Harbord Diggers disco he'd be holding court, three or four spunkys hanging off each arm[.] 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 83:

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