Punk - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|pʌŋk|
Brit.
|pʌŋk|
noun
- an aggressive and violent young criminal (syn: goon, hood, hoodlum, thug, tough, toughie)
- substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
- material for starting a fire (syn: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood)
- a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
- substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
- material for starting a fire (syn: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood)
- a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
adjective
Extra examples
...she plays a punk game of tennis, so you won't have any trouble beating her...
...the acting in the movie ranged all the way from poor to punk...
She told me that she was feeling punk.
When my uncle became mayor of Sherbrooke he spoke a pretty punk French.
The club attracts punk rockers and others of that ilk.
...an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out...
Word forms
noun
singular: punk
plural: punks
singular: punk
plural: punks
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