| slovo | definícia |
spunk
(encz) | spunk,odvaha n: Zdeněk Brož |
Spunk
(gcide) | Spunk \Spunk\ (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc,
tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n
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.
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2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of
spunk. [Colloq.]
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A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and
spirit, and power, both of mind and body. --Prof.
Wilson.
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spunk
(wn) | spunk
n 1: material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder,
touchwood, spunk, punk]
2: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk";
"you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: heart,
mettle, nerve, spunk] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
spunky
(mass) | spunky
- odvážny |
spunky
(encz) | spunky,kurážný adj: Zdeněk Brožspunky,odvážný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Spunk
(gcide) | Spunk \Spunk\ (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc,
tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n
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.
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2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of
spunk. [Colloq.]
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A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and
spirit, and power, both of mind and body. --Prof.
Wilson.
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Spunkier
(gcide) | Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
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Spunkiest
(gcide) | Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
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Spunky
(gcide) | Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
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spunky
(wn) | spunky
adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky]
2: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky] |
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