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Spunky
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
Example Sentences
- Tiana doesn't have the verve of the spunky little girl who bounces through the first few minutes of the movie.
- Which is one way of saying, it's hard to be snarky once you're no longer a spunky startup.
- Frey was the force behind a car that was spunky and affordable.
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World English Dictionary
| spunk (spʌŋk) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | informal courage or spirit |
| 2. | (Brit) a slang word for semen |
| 3. | touchwood or tinder, esp originally made from various spongy types of fungus |
| 4. | informal (Austral), (NZ) a person, esp male, who is sexually attractive |
| [C16 (in the sense: a spark): from Scottish Gaelic spong tinder, sponge, from Latin spongia sponge] | |
| usage The second sense of this word was formerly considered to be taboo, and it was labelled as such in previous editions of Collins English Dictionary. However, it has now become acceptable in speech, although some older or more conservative people may object to its use | |
| 'spunky | |
| —adj | |
| 'spunkily | |
| —adv | |
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spunky definition[ˈspəŋki]
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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