spunky

English

Etymology

From spunk +‎ -y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspʌŋki/

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• Rhymes: -ʌŋki

Adjective

spunky (comparative spunkier, superlative spunkiest)

1. (US) Spirited or plucky.
2. (UK, slang) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
   • 2016 May 5, “Thinking He's Hard (Little T Reply)”, performed by Soph Aspin:

     I'm not the kind of girl you want to come across / Yo, it's Josh T with his spunky sauce

3. (UK, slang) Stained with semen.
4. (Australia, slang) Of a person, stunningly beautiful; good-looking.

Noun

spunky (plural spunkys or spunkies)

1. (Australia, slang, dated) A good-looking person.
   • 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 83:

     But every Friday night up at the Harbord Diggers disco he'd be holding court, three or four spunkys hanging off each arm[.]