Definitions for punk

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Spelling: [puhngk]

IPA: /pʌŋk/

Punk is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 20 anagrams from letters in punk (knpu).

Definitions for punk

noun

1. any prepared substance, usually in stick form, that will smolder and can be used to light fireworks, fuses, etc.
2. dry, decayed wood that can be used as tinder.
3. conk3 .
4. a spongy substance derived from fungi; amadou; touchwood.
5. Slang. something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang. a boy.
6. punk rock.
7. a style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively unconventional and often bizarre or shocking clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc., and the defiance of social norms of behavior, usually associated with punk rock musicians and fans.
8. a punker.
9. Archaic. a prostitute.

adjective

1. Informal. poor in quality or condition.
2. of, relating to, or characteristic of punk rock:
3. pertaining to, characteristic of, or adopting punk styles:

Origin of punk

An Americanism dating back to 1680-90; origin uncertain

Examples for punk

But you certainly were all to the punk in your judgment about that game.

What has the transition to becoming a woman in punk been like?

I 'clare I dunno, Mas' Sam, 'thout you got some flints an' punk in your pockets.

And then the truth was driven in that my new rags were punk.

Legs McNeil, of punk magazine fame, once called him “cute” and “charming.”

Her new memoir looks back at her life lived by the principles of punk.

And then, at the close of our conversation, her punk roots reared their head like they had never disappeared.

Of accursed data, it seems to me that punk is pretty damnable.

But the bands that I was initially attracted to in punk rock were anarchist punk bands.

They were all sizes, but most of them were large, and you need not “punk” them to see if they were ripe.