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Full of spirit
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spunky
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Books that feature animals, humor and spunky kids never go out of style. ▪ Every table is treated to a basket of warm pita bread accompanied by a spunky tomatillo salsa. ▪ He was out to reveal a spunky , sparky, spontaneous ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 spirited or plucky. 2 (context UK English) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen). 3 (context UK English) Stained with semen.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Spunky is a studio album released by Monty Alexander in 1965 on Pacific Jazz LP record ST-20094 (stereo) and PJ-10094 (mono).
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Spunkiest .] Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"courageous, spirited," 1786, from spunk (n.) + -y (2). Related: Spunkily ; spunkiness .
Usage examples of spunky.
He hoped whoever she found would be a good man who would appreciate her spunky qualities and not be bothered by her tantrum-talent.
It was a small, sweet, pretty, innocent but spunky fillet of soul, exactly the kind that belonged to a girl like her.
The nymph had brown hair, blue eyes, and a spunky, upturned little nose.
Brendon said when Spunky came racing out of the parlor, his entire body quivering with excitement.
It took her all of three minutes to find a halfway reputable-looking pair, slip them on along with a pair of soft boots, run a brush through her hair, whistle for Spunky, and make her way down the stairs.
He could hear Spunky yelping inside the house, and he knew that if Kat had heard him calling for her, she would have come out to meet him.
He swooped Kat into his arms, whistled for Spunky, and then hurried down the flagstone walk that led to his residence.
Amy home, Kat dashed around the house to the front door, stopping only long enough on the front stoop to scoop Spunky into her arms.
Rosette scooted Spunky over and sat down on the bed, a determined glint in her eyes.
Kat put Spunky inside the house, and then made her way around the house to the barn.
Rosette happily flopped down on the bed, startling Spunky out of a deep sleep.
She knew they were frisky, spunky and fun, but they were never radicals.
The woman was riding a spunky sorrel mare, while the two hands were seated in a rickety buckboard wagon.
As Nick trundles the spunky youngster from one seedy motel to another, stuffs her with junk food, and teaches her the rudiments of spy craft, he also begins to piece together a picture of why Kevin and his family were killed.
My first day, I showed up a half hour early, just to be eager and spunky, and found the office already packed with couriers.