Usually means: Courageous, spirited, full of energy.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word SPUNKY:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. spunky: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. spunky: Merriam-Webster
  3. spunky: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. spunky: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. spunky: Collins English Dictionary
  6. spunky: Vocabulary.com
  7. Spunky, spunky: Wordnik
  8. spunky: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. spunky: Wiktionary
  10. spunky: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. spunky: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. spunky: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. spunky: Dictionary.com
  14. spunky: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Spunky (Rocko's Modern Life), Spunky: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Spunky: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. spunky: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. spunky: Rhymezone
  19. Spunky: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. SPUNKY: Dictionary of Americanisms (1848)
  21. spunky: FreeDictionary.org
  22. spunky: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. spunky: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. spunky: Encyclopedia

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. spunky, spunky: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. spunky: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (spunky)

▸ adjective:  (US) Spirited or plucky.
▸ adjective:  (UK, slang) Pertaining to or like spunk (semen).
▸ adjective:  (UK, slang) Stained with semen.

Similar:
spirited, feisty, mettlesome, courageous, brave, plucky, gritty, game, gamy, fearless, more...

Opposite:
listless, lethargic, sluggish, apathetic, dull

Types:
spirited, feisty, vivacious, zesty, perky, more...

Phrases:
spunky monkey, more...

Colors:
    orange,     hot pink,     lime green,     electric blue,     neon yellow, more...



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Similar:
spirited, feisty, mettlesome, courageous, brave, plucky, gritty, game, gamy, fearless, more...

Opposite:
listless, lethargic, sluggish, apathetic, dull

Types:
spirited, feisty, vivacious, zesty, perky, more...

Phrases:
spunky monkey, more...

Colors:
    orange,     hot pink,     lime green,     electric blue,     neon yellow, more...



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