Meaning
20 sensesOne who engages in sexual intercourse
(US, countable, uncountable)A passive or effeminate homosexual man.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.
(US, countable, derogatory, uncountable)A male homosexual.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison.
Because he was so weak, Vinny soon became Tony's punk.
(US, countable, slang)A worthless person, particularly
A worthless person
(US, countable, humorous, rare, slang, uncountable)Any person, especially a male comrade.
(US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A petty criminal, especially a juvenile delinquent.
(US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable)A weak, timid person.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)Synonym of amateur.
(US, countable, slang, uncountable)A young, untrained animal or worker.
A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s:
(countable, uncountable)The fashion style associated with punk rock, typically involving leather, metal studs and pins, distressed clothing and confrontational slogans.
(countable, uncountable)A nonconformist social movement originally associated with punk rock and its fans, combining anarchism and radicalism, usually (but not necessarily) left-wing.
- substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
- a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
- an aggressive and violent young criminal
Examples
78 sentencesTom is a punk.
Том - панк.
ruТом - панк.
Tom only listens to punk rock.
ruТом слушает только панк-рок.
Tom enjoys listening to punk rock.
What's your favorite punk rock band?
I don't really like punk rock.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 3
By meaning 1
Origin
Uncertain. Possibly from punk (“rotten wood dust used as tinder”), attested since 1678, toUncertain. Possibly from punk (“rotten wood dust used as tinder”), attested since 1678, to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908). The relatively tame 21st century usage of punk (“prank”, verb) was popularized by the American television show Punk'd (2003).
Unclear; first attested circa 1680 in writings about Native American practices, probably from Unami punkw (“dust”), though it has also been suggested it could be an alteration of spunk (“tinder”) (compare funk (“rotten wood”)).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: punks / punxSynonyms
381 synonyms- rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock:punk rock
- a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture:punk rocker
- an aggressive and violent young criminal:hoodhoodlumgoonthugtoughtoughiestrong-armer
- material for starting a fire:kindlingtindertouchwoodspunk
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- punk rock
- like punk rock
- like punk