<noun.attribute> he kept fighting on pure spunk you haven't got the heart for baseball
Spunk \Spunk\ (sp[u^][ng]k), n. [Gael. spong, or Ir. sponc, tinder, sponge; cf. AS. sponge a sponge (L. spongia), sp[=o]n a chip. Cf. {Sponge}, {Punk}.] [Written also {sponk}.] 1. Wood that readily takes fire; touchwood; also, a kind of tinder made from a species of fungus; punk; amadou. --Sir T. Browne.
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.
"Working Girl," NBC's new comedy series premiering tonight, is a harmless knockoff of the big-screen tale of a secretary with a whole bunch of spunk.
The Guatemala project was one of the first to reflect the growing belief that victims often had enough spunk to take care of themselves.
When this reporter first met Bette Davis 45 years ago, she was full of Yankee spunk, fiercely independent, at war with Jack Warner.