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. A piece of tinder, sometimes impregnated with sulphur; a match.

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. Courage; spirit; mettle; determination.

11. 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.

12. 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.”

13. 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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15. An attractive person; a good-looker.

(syn)

16. (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.

17. {{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

18. (senseid) Semen.

19. (quote-book)

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21. {{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

22. To fire; flame up.

23. To ejaculate.

(ux)

24. To waste (money etc.).