From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
1530, [en].
[en] is from [en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en], and is
akin to [gml], [gml], [dum], [goh], [goh], [de].
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[-]
1. [en] A spark .
2. * [chapter=I Talk with Alan in the Wood of Lettermore]
3. * [chapter=Episode 1]
4. [en] Touchwood ; tinder .
5. * [edition=2nd]
6. * [chapter=XXII]
7. [en] A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur ; a match .
8. * 1829 , Society for Relief of the Destitute Sick (Edinburgh), _Report_ , p. 7 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=R0QbAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA7) :
9. *: At present, her only means of procuring subsistence for herself and children, is by making SPUNKS or matches, which, either she or her eldest child, a girl about six years of age, sells from door to door.
10. * {{ quote-book | en | year=1843 | author=John Wilson; John Gibson Lockhart; William Maginn; James Hogg | title=The Noctes Ambrosianæ of “Blackwood” | volume=IV | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SHU4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA396 | page=396
|passage=“ SPUNKS — SPUNKS — SPUNKS — who will buy my SPUNKS?” — cried an
errant voice with a beseeching earnestness[...].}}
1. [en] Courage ; spirit ; mettle ; determination .
2. * 1920 AUGUST , Edward Leonard, "Old Zeke′s Mule", _吴语: Boys' Life_ , p. 55 (see http://books.google.com.au/books?id=uT1qTdmJwNQC&pg=PA55) :
3. *: “I reckon I′m as good as a mule,” he declared. “Maria knows what that desert is as well as we do, but she′s got more SPUNK than either of us. I'm not going to let any mule show more SPUNK than me.”
4. * 2007 SEPTEMBER 28 , Graham Linehan, _[The IT Crowd]_ , Season 2, Episode 6:
5. *: _Douglas:_ You've got SPUNK . And balls. And I like that in a woman.
6. * [en]
7. [en] An attractive person; a good-looker .
8. * [en]
9. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2005 | author=Sue Austin | title=Women′s Aggressive Fantasies: A Post-Jungian Exploration of Self-Hatred, Love and Agency | publisher=Routledge | location=UK | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-wVfbjxcZcUC&pg=PA166 | page=166
|passage=We are welcomed by 20 year old SPUNKS, as we make a last valiant
attempt with our bodies - gasp, gasp - and try to get back in shape.}}
1. [en] [en] Semen .
2. * [en]
3. * {{ quote-song
|en |year=1980 |album=In the Flat Field |title=In the Flat Field
|artist=Bauhaus |passage=Between SPUNK-stained sheet and odorous whim <br>
Camera eye-flick-shudder within}}
1. * {{ quote-book | en | year=2007 | author=Debra Hyde | chapter=Kidnapped | editor=Violet Blue | title=Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women | year_published=2010 | publisher=ReadHowYouWant | pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hw9m2beqNIsC&pg=PA188 | page=188
|passage=It was runny stuff and, as she felt Brain loosen his hold on the
drawstrings, Cackle's SPUNK dripped onto the shelf of her chin.}}
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Descendants
- [ga]
**** Translations
[courage; spirit; mettle; determination]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr] , [fr]
- German: [de] , [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: attractive male]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Spanish: [es] [Spain] , [es] [Latin America] , [es]
[trans-bottom]
[slang: semen]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de]
- Italian: [it]
- Manx: [gv]
- Neapolitan: [nap]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt] , [pt] , [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [Spain] [es] , [es] [Mexico, colloquial]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv]
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*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To catch fire ; flame up.
2. [en] To ejaculate .
3. [en] To waste (money etc.).
**** Derived terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[slang: ejaculate semen]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
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*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]