Spunk (Noun)
Meaning 1
The courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball".
Classification
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 2
Material for starting a fire.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The camper used dry leaves and twigs as spunk to start the campfire.
- She gathered some dry grass and small sticks to use as spunk for the fire.
- The spunk was carefully placed in the center of the fire pit to help get the flames going.
- He used a piece of bark as spunk to start the fire in the woodstove.
- The fire starter kit included some dry spunk to help get the flames burning quickly.