spunky

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 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 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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