-kē, -ki adjective
( usually -er/-est )
1. : full of spunk : courageous , plucky
the children are spunky and determined — New York Times Book Review
2. dialect Britain : shining brightly : sparkling
3. : irritable , irascible , testy
that spunky , crotchety, illiterate and wonderfully gifted maker of things — Brendan Gill
cross and spunky , and both too proud to speak — W.M.Carleton
4. : full of life : animated , spirited
was … an armful of spunky vitality — James Thurber
were there for spunky debate — Newsweek