English-Thai Dictionary

spunk

N ความกล้าหาญ  ไม้ขีดไฟ  kwam-ka-han

 

spunk it up the wall

SL ใช้ เงิน แบบ โง่ๆ (โดยเฉพาะ หมด ไป กับ การพนัน  การ ดื่มเหล้า  และ ยาเสพย์ติด  piss it up the wall chai-ngen-beab-ngo-ngo

 

spunk up

PHRV ร่าเริง  ทำให้ มีชีวิตชีวา  cheer up ra-roeng

 

spunky

ADJ ใจกล้า (คำ ไม่เป็นทางการ  กล้าหาญ  brave courageous plucky jai-ka

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SPUNK

n.[probably from punk. ] 1. Touchwood; wood that readily takes fire. Hence,
2. Vulgarly, an inflammable temper; spirit; as a man of spunk. Ill natured observations touched his spunk. [Low. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SPUNK

Spunk (spûnk ), n. Etym: [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia ), spon a chip. Cf. Sponge, Punk. ] [Written also sponk. ]

 

1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. Sir T. Browne.

 

2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq. ] A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body. Prof. Wilson.

 

SPUNKY

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

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

spunk

spunk |spəNGk spəŋk | ▶noun 1 informal courage and determination. 2 tinder; touchwood. 3 Brit. vulgar slang semen. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a spark, vestige ’): of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of spark 1 and obsolete funk ‘spark. ’

 

spunky

spunk y |ˈspəNGkē ˈspəŋki | ▶adjective ( spunkier, spunkiest ) informal courageous and determined: a spunky performance. DERIVATIVES spunk i ly |ˈspəNGkəlē |adverb, spunk i ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

spunk

spunk |spʌŋk | ▶noun [ mass noun ] informal 1 courage and determination: she's got no spunk, or she'd have left him long ago. 2 Brit. vulgar slang semen. 3 [ count noun ] Austral. a sexually attractive person. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘a spark, vestige ’): of unknown origin; perhaps a blend of spark 1 and obsolete funk ‘spark ’.

 

spunky

spunky |ˈspʌŋki | ▶adjective ( spunkier, spunkiest ) informal 1 courageous and determined: a spunky performance. 2 chiefly Austral. sexually attractive: a top chick with a spunky boyfriend. DERIVATIVES spunkily adverb, spunkiness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

spunk

spunk noun informal it took a lot of spunk to blow the whistle on your own boss: courage, bravery, valor, nerve, confidence, daring, audacity, pluck, spirit, grit, mettle, spine, backbone; informal guts, gumption, moxie; dated or humorous derring-do. USAGE See derring-do . Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

spunk

spunk noun informal your sister's got more spunk than you: courage, bravery, pluck, pluckiness, courageousness, braveness, valour, mettle, gameness, daring; determination, spirit, backbone, strength of character, fortitude, nerve; informal guts, grit; Brit. informal bottle, ballsiness; N. Amer. informal cojones, sand, moxie; vulgar slang balls.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

spunk

spunk /spʌŋk /名詞 U 1 ｟くだけて ｠勇気, 元気 .2 ｟英卑 ｠精液 .3 火口 （ほくち ）.

 

spunky

spunk y /spʌ́ŋki /形容詞 ｟くだけて ｠勇気のある, 元気な .sp ú nk i ly 副詞 sp ú nk i ness 名詞