Noun spunk has 2 senses
- kindling, tinder, touchwood, spunk, punk - material for starting a fire
--1 is a kind of igniter, ignitor, lighter
- heart, mettle, nerve, spunk - the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk"; "you haven't got the heart for baseball"
--2 is a kind of courage, courageousness, bravery
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