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African's naturally bouncy/kinky hair, when uncut, tends to be big and poofy when dried out. When you sqeeze it it seems as if it would bounce back at release
(1) male ejaculate (2) courage (3) an attractive male (4) worthless individual, eg; "Now listen here, spunk!" (ed: it's odd how the word has opposite meanings in UK and AUS, i.e. Aussie girls LIKE their men to be "spunks")From Scottish Gaelic "spong", tinder, pith, sponge, and Middle Irish "spongc", tinder. Both related to Latin "spongia", sponge. The link to sponge is that wood used for kindling was spongy in appearance. More below. Used in 1536 as "sponk" to mean "a spark". The figurative use of "spunk" meaning "courage, pluck" comes from the late 18th century. It was not slang for semen until the late 19th century. In 1811, it was still defined in a dictionary of cant and underground slang as "rotten touchwood, or a kind of fungus prepared for tinder; figuratively spirit, courage". I surmise that the link to semen was because the ejaculate leaps out like sparks, indicating a virile chap, and virile isn't far from courageous, having mettle, spirited. Meanwhile, it's correct that Australian girls refer to sexy young men as spunks. That makes me smile - if only they knew what they really meant! (ed: thanks for that overkill Brian
Quit, give up, surrender.
A chocolate coated sponge cake, sprinkled with coconut topping
small square of sponge cake covered in chocolate icing, and dessicated coconut.
A person who mooches or lives of others. 2. A person with a strong dislike for work. See also Bludger
Someone who takes a lot of insults ("crap,") is the butt of jokes, etc. Suggests that they absorb them, but don't complain too much; "He is the sponge of the group."
Thirsty; to want something to drink; "I'm sponging for some water."; "I'm sponged! Let's go get a drink."
Sponge is slang for a heavy drinker.Sponge is slang for a tough boxer, one who can take a lot of punishment.
Noun. The curative sponge employed by sports physios during events. The sponge apparently dispels symptoms on its application to an injured bodypart, as if by magic! Its magical qualities brings into question whether the sports contestant was actually injured at all.
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Any spongelike substance.
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Any species of sponge of the division Tetractinellida. Also used adjectively.
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One who sponges, or uses a sponge.
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Resembling sponge; having the nature or qualities of sponge.
v. t.
Fig.: To get by imposition or mean arts without cost; as, to sponge a breakfast.
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A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette.
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The elastic fibrous skeleton of many species of horny Spongiae (keratosa), used for many purposes, especially the varieties of the genus Spongia. The most valuable sponges are found in the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, and on the coasts of Florida and the West Indies.
v. t.
To cleanse or wipe with a sponge; as, to sponge a slate or a cannon; to wet with a sponge; as, to sponge cloth.
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Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges.
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Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.
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A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges.
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One who lives upon others; a pertinaceous and indolent dependent; a parasite; a sponger.
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One employed in gathering sponges.
v. t.
To wipe out with a sponge, as letters or writing; to efface; to destroy all trace of.
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of Sponge
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Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
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The body cavity of a sponge.
v. i.
Fig.: To gain by mean arts, by intrusion, or hanging on; as, an idler sponges on his neighbor.
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To suck in, or imbile, as a sponge.
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A siliceous sponge, of the genus Hyalonema, and allied genera; -- so called from their glassy fibers or spicules; -- called also vitreous sponge. See Glass-rope, and Euplectella.
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