Spunky

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. {Spunkier} (-[i^]*[~e]r);
     superl. {Spunkiest}.]
     Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  spunky
       adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
              challenger" [syn: {feisty}, {plucky}]
       2: willing to face danger [syn: {game}, {gamy}, {gamey}, {gritty},
           {mettlesome}, {spirited}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "spunky":
     beany, bold, bulldoggish, combustible, courageous, dauntless,
     doughty, explosive, fearless, fiery, game, gamy, gritty, gutsy,
     gutty, hasty, high-spirited, hot, hot-tempered, hotheaded,
     mettlesome, nervy, passionate, peppery, pertinacious, plucky,
     quick, quick-tempered, red-blooded, resolute, short-tempered,
     spirited, spiritful, tenacious, tough, unfearing, volcanic