SPUNKY

game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky

(adjective) willing to face danger

feisty, plucky, spunky

(adjective) showing courage; “the champion is faced with a feisty challenger”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

spunky (comparative spunkier, superlative spunkiest)

Spirited or plucky.

(UK) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).

(UK) Stained with semen.

Source: Wiktionary


Spunk"y, a. [Compar. Spunkier; superl. Spunkiest.]

Definition: Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

3 May 2025

DESIRABLE

(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”


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