Sekirov Dictionary

punk

/ˈpʌŋk/

noun 25
adjective 7
verb 5
forms 5
phrases 1

noun25

A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s.
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The fashion style associated with punk rock, typically involving leather, metal studs and pins, distressed clothing and confrontational slogans.
- Thus, punk girls combined elements of female dress (bodysuits, skirts) with punk accessories (bullet belt, emocore shirt) to create a distinctly female punk look that's "as girly" as they get. — 1999
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A nonconformist social movement originally associated with punk rock and its fans, combining anarchism and radicalism, usually (but not necessarily) left-wing.
- This emphasis on politics in the personal sphere might be a difference between punk now and punk fifteen years ago. — 2001
a loud, fast kind of rock music with short songs and words that attack society or shock people
A follower of any of these movements.
A person who designs or dresses in punk fashion style.
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A member of the punk social movement; usually anarchist and socially non-conformist although potentially either left-wing or right-wing.
- In the daily praxis of punk, vegetarianism and veganism are strategies through which many punks combat corporate capitalism, patriarchy, and environmental collapse. — 2013
[in compounds] A fan of a -punk genre of fiction, or a person who dresses in a style associated with it.
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Ellipsis of punk rocker; a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.
- My girlfriend is a punk and she plays the drums.
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(slang, disapproving) A petty criminal, especially a juvenile delinquent.
- He said the prisoner called them ‘punk’... He admitted that he shouted ‘punk’ to them. — 1908
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(US, slang) A worthless person.
- This fellow was just a punk... a nobody. — 1933
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(slang, offensive) A weak, timid person.
- Do you think a little thing like a scratch would bother me? I'm no punk. — 1950
(US, slang) A young, untrained animal or worker.
(US, slang) Synonym of amateur.
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[in compounds] Any of the -punk genres, typically involving anachronistic technology and its social impact: dieselpunk, solarpunk, steampunk etc.
- Some of these genres produce unique and intriguing subculture groups, usually referred to as types of "punks": cyberpunk, teslapunk, atompunk, biopunk, etc. — 2022
(US, slang) A passive or effeminate homosexual man.
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(US, slang) A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.
- They'd pick up youngsters as, well—as their playthings. These kids were called punks. — 1973
(US, offensive) A male homosexual.
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(US, slang) A man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison.
- Because he was so weak, Vinny soon became Tony's punk.
(slang, rare) Any person, especially a male comrade.
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Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi.
- As the East-Indians use Moxa, so these burn with Punk, which is the inward Part of the Excrescence or Exuberance of an Oak. — 1707
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A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
- On the end a coal of fire slowly smouldered. It would last for hours, and my cell-mate called it a "punk." — 1907
One who engages in sexual intercourse
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(no longer used) A boy or younger man who engages in sexual intercourse by an older man as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- The Beaus... At night make a Punk of him that's first drunk. — 1698
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(no longer used) A female prostitute.
- My lord, she may be a punk; for many of them are neither maid, widow, nor wife. — 1603

adjective7

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Of or concerning punk rock or its associated subculture.
- You look very punk with your t-shirt, piercing, and chains.
(US, informal) Worthless, contemptible.
(US, informal) Bad, substandard.
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(US, informal) Cowardly.
- ... Donald Trump is also a coward. For all of his tough talk and bluster, the president of the United States is a punk ass bitch. — 2018
(US, informal) Thuggish, criminal.
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(US, informal) Poorly, sickly.
- With the subtleties of dressing ran other complex worries. "I feel kind of punk this morning," he said. "I think I had too much dinner last evening. You oughtn't to serve those heavy banana fritters." — 1922
(US, informal) Inexperienced.

verb5

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(slang) To prank.
- I got expelled when I punked the principal.
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To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
- Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.
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To adapt or embellish in the style of the punk movement.
- Suzy, a pump young woman with sparkling brown eyes and punked hair tucked behind her ears, said blankly, "What?" — 1992
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(slang) To forcibly perform anal sex upon (an unwilling partner).
- Ricky punked his new cell-mates.
(slang) To pimp.

forms

punked · punking · punks · punker · punkest

Phrases with punk

punk out
To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.

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