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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 spunk /ˈspʌŋk/
 精神,勇氣,怒意,引火木柴

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spunk n.  [Written also sponk.]
 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou.
 2. An inflammable temper; spirit; mettle; pluck; as, a man of spunk. [Colloq.]
    A lawless and dangerous set, men of spunk, and spirit, and power, both of mind and body.   --Prof. Wilson.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 spunk
      n 1: material for starting a fire [syn: kindling, tinder, touchwood,
            punk]
      2: the courage to carry on; "he kept fighting on pure spunk";
         "you haven't got the heart for baseball" [syn: heart, mettle,
          nerve]