Spunk Definition

spŭngk

noun

A kind of wood or fungus that smolders when ignited; punk.

Webster's New World

Courage; spirit.

Webster's New World

Punk, touchwood, or other tinder.

American Heritage

Semen.

Webster's New World

1843, John Wilson, John Gibson Lockhart, William Maginn, James Hogg, The Noctes Ambrosianæ of “Blackwood", Volume IV, page 396,

“Spunks "” spunks "” spunks "” who will buy my spunks?" "” cried an errant voice with a beseeching earnestness [...] .

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verb

(slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

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Origin of Spunk

Funk (“spark, touchwood") is from Middle English funke, fonke (“spark"), from Old English *funce, *fanca (“spark"), from Proto-Germanic *funkô, *fankô (“spark"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peng-, *(s)pheng- (“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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Scottish Gaelic spong tinder from Latin spongia sponge sponge

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
1530, blend of spark and funk (obsolete, “spark").

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