What does the word spunk mean?

    Part of speech: noun

  • Punk.

Usage examples for spunk

  1. I have lots of spunk and pride, if I am bashful; and so I never let on to those at home- when I sent them a letter once in two months by the little tug that brought my oil and provisions- that I was homesick. – The Blunders of a Bashful Man by Metta Victoria Fuller Victor
  2. " And I like Colonel Harrison's spunk in chiding Mr. Samuel Adams," said someone. – A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  3. Well, well, you've got spunk, haven't you, now? – Marjorie's Busy Days by Carolyn Wells