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punk1 n 1. (Sociology) a. a youth movement of the late 1970s, characterized by anti-Establishment slogans and outrageous clothes and hairstyles b. an adherent of punk c. short for punk rock d. (as modifier) a punk record 2. an inferior, rotten, or worthless person or thing 3. worthless articles collectively 4. (Law) a petty criminal or hoodlum 5. Obsolete a young male homosexual; catamite 6. Obsolete a prostitute adj inferior, rotten, or worthless [via Polari from Spanish pu(n)ta prostitute, pu(n)to male prostitute] punkish adj punk2 n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) dried decayed wood that smoulders when ignited: used as tinder 2. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) any of various other substances that smoulder when ignited, esp one used to light fireworks [of uncertain origin] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
punk noun delinquent, rebel, offender, wrongdoer, juvenile delinquent, miscreant He is getting a reputation as a young punk. Translations punk [pʌŋk] punk n (= person: also punk rocker) → Punker(in), Punkrocker(in) m(f); (= music: also punk rock) ? punk rock (= culture) → Punk m (US inf: = hoodlum) → Ganove m (inf) (dated inf: = nonsense) → Stuss m (inf) adj → Punk- How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He was withered, and blind, and senile, gibbering and mowing like some huge ape as ever he turned and twisted, and twisted back again, the suspended head in the pungent smoke, and handful by handful added rotten punk of wood to the smudge fire. But don't forget to burn a few punk sticks in the joss house to the great god Mazuma from time to time. Until he was thirty he had been satisfied to class all poetry (except that of Mr George Cohan) under the general heading of punk. |
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