spunk

suomi-englanti sanakirja

spunk englannista suomeksi

1. sytyke

2. sisu

0. Substantiivi

1. sisu, päättäväisyys, tahdonvoima

2. adonis

3. mälli

3. Verbi

spunk englanniksi

1. A spark.

2. (RQ:Stevenson Kidnapped)

3. (RQ:Joyce Ulysses) took from his waistcoatpocket a nickel tinderbox, sprang it open too, and, having lit his cigarette, held the flaming spunk towards Stephen in the shell of his hands.

4. Touchwood; tinder.

5. (RQ:Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica)

6. (RQ:Hooke Micrographia)).

7. (synonym of)(ngd)

8. 1829, Society for Relief of the Destitute Sick (Edinburgh), ''Report'', p. 7:

At present, her only means of procuring subsistence for herself and children, is by making spunks or matches, which, either she or her eldest child, a girl about six years of age, sells from door to door.

9. {{quote-book|en|year=1843|author=John Wilson; John Gibson Lockhart; William Maginn; James Hogg|title=The Noctes Ambrosianæ of “Blackwood”|volume=IV|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SHU4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA396|page=396

10. 1907 November, Elliot Stock & al., https://books.google.fr/books?id=u7szAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA411 "Notes of the Month“, ''The Antiquary'', Vol. XLIII (OS) or III (NS), No. 11, p. 411:

... the old match was intended, not to produce fire, but to convey fire from the tinder to the candle... The vernacular name for matches was "spunks", and even in some of the country districts of Scotland the name has descended to modern matches.

11. Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.

12. 1847, Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, ch 17.

She showed me the letters of another individual, too, the unfortunate Mr. Green, who had not the courage, or, as she expressed it, the “spunk,” to plead his cause in person, but whom one denial would not satisfy: he must write again and again.

13. 1920 August, Edward Leonard, "Old Zeke′s Mule", ''Boys' Life|Boys′ Life'', p. 55:

“I reckon I′m as good as a mule,” he declared. “Maria knows what that desert is as well as we do, but she′s got more spunk than either of us. I'm not going to let any mule show more spunk than me.”

14. 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, ''(w)'', Season 2, Episode 6:

''Douglas:'' You've got spunk. And balls. And I like that in a woman.

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16. An attractive person; a good-looker.

(syn)

17. (quote-book)|title=Turn It Up!|location=Sydney|publisher=Pan Macmillan Australia |page=82|text=I got a transfer in my bank job and on the first day on the job in the big smoke I had to share a teller's box with a young lady called Kim, a real spunk and my future wife.

18. {{quote-book|en|year=2005|author=Sue Austin|title=Women′s Aggressive Fantasies: A Post-Jungian Exploration of Self-Hatred, Love and Agency|publisher=Routledge|location=UK|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=-wVfbjxcZcUC&pg=PA166|page=166

19. (senseid) Semen.

20. (quote-book)

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22. {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=Debra Hyde|chapter=Kidnapped|editor=Violet Blue|title=Lust: Erotic Fantasies for Women|year_published=2010|publisher=ReadHowYouWant|pageurl=http://books.google.com.au/books?id=hw9m2beqNIsC&pg=PA188|page=188

23. To fire; flame up.

24. To ejaculate.

(ux)

25. To waste (money etc.).