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spunky adj
1 showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky]
2 willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey, gritty, mettlesome, spirited]

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Etymology

From spunk + -y.

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Adjective

spunky
  1. spirited or plucky.
  2. Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
  3. Of an object, with semen on it.

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

beany, bold, bulldoggish, combustible, courageous, dauntless, doughty, explosive, fearless, fiery, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy, gutty, hasty, high-spirited, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded, mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, pertinacious, plucky, quick, quick-tempered, red-blooded, resolute, short-tempered, spirited, spiritful, tenacious, tough, unfearing, volcanic
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