1
a
: a woody tinder : punk
b
: any of various fungi used to make tinder
3
: spirit, liveliness
spunked; spunking; spunks
Examples of spunk in a Sentence
Noun
That little girl has a lot of spunk.
had the spunk to overcome a severe physical disability
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Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Howard preferred simmer to boil, sugar to sass, and never lacked spunk.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
His band, which included former San Diego guitarist Jose Rios, played with spunk and well-calibrated precision whether delivering uptempo funk and hip-hop numbers, tender R&B love songs or slinky reggae grooves.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Those recordings hold up for their crystalline sound and youthful spunk.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
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Noun
People on TikTok were taken by Reagan's sudden spunk.
—Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
Howard preferred simmer to boil, sugar to sass, and never lacked spunk.
—Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2025
His band, which included former San Diego guitarist Jose Rios, played with spunk and well-calibrated precision whether delivering uptempo funk and hip-hop numbers, tender R&B love songs or slinky reggae grooves.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2025
Those recordings hold up for their crystalline sound and youthful spunk.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for spunk
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“Spunk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spunk. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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