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spunk.

A spark.

5 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/spʌŋk/

  1. A spark.

    countable · obsolete · usually

  2. Touchwood; tinder.

    uncountable · usually

  3. Synonym of taper, a thin stick used for transferring flames, especially a sulfur match.

    UK · countable · obsolete · usually

  4. Synonym of match, a thin chemically-treated stick used for creating flames.

    Scotland · countable · obsolete · usually

  5. Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.

    uncountable · usually

  6. An attractive person; a good-looker.

    Australia · New-Zealand · UK · countable · slang · usually

  7. Semen.

    UK · slang · uncountable · usually · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/spʌŋk/

  1. To catch fire; flame up.

    intransitive · obsolete

  2. To ejaculate.

    intransitive · slang · vulgar
    He spunked into the condom.

  3. To waste (money etc.).

    slang · transitive · vulgar
Where this word comes from

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”).

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