spunk

Nouns

(n) material for starting a fire kindling, tinder, touchwood, punk,
(n) the courage to carry on
- he kept fighting on pure spunk
- you haven't got the heart for baseball
mettle, nerve, heart,

Synonyms

kindling tinder touchwood punk mettle nerve heart

Words of close approximity

spud spue spur

spume spumy spurn spurt

spunky