spunky

S1P3U1N1K5Y4
/ˈspʌŋki/

adjective

Spirited or plucky.

Less commonScrabble 15

Meanings

adjectivespunky (comparative spunkier, superlative spunkiest)

comparative spunkier · superlative spunkiest

  1. UKslangPertaining to or like spunk (semen).

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

    2016 May 5, “Thinking He's Hard (Little T Reply)”, performed by Soph Aspin
  2. UKslangStained with semen.
  3. AustraliaslangOf a person, stunningly beautiful; good-looking.
nounspunky (plural spunkys or spunkies)

plural spunkys · plural spunkies

  1. AustraliadatedslangA good-looking person.

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

    1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 83

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveshowing courage

adjectivewilling to face danger

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Polish dzielny, odważny
  • dzielnyplucky
  • odważnyplucky
  • hardyplucky
  • rezolutnyplucky
  • oblany spermącovered with sperm
  • oszałamiającystunningly beautiful
  • spermowyrelated to sperm

Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

spunky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spunky

MLA

“spunky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spunky. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spunky,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spunky.

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