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for spunky
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Spunky \Spunk"y\ (-[y^]), a. [Compar. Spunkier (-[i^]*[~e]r);
superl. Spunkiest.]
Full of spunk; quick; spirited. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
spunky
adj 1: showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty
challenger" [syn: feisty, plucky, spunky]
2: willing to face danger [syn: game, gamy, gamey,
gritty, mettlesome, spirited, spunky]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
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
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