punk
Meaning
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- A person used for sex
- (obsolete) A person used for sex
- A person used for sex
- (slang) A person used for sex
- A person used for sex
- (slang) A person used for sex
- (slang) A worthless person
- (slang) A worthless person
- (slang) A worthless person
- (slang) A worthless person
- (slang) A worthless person
- (slang) A worthless person, particularly
- Short for punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums.
- Any of the punk genres: dieselpunk, solarpunk, steampunk etc.
- Short for punk rocker, a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.
- The larger nonconformist social movement associated with punk rock and its fans.
Concepts
punk
amadou
touchwood
tinder
amadouvier
hoof fungus
hoof tinder fungus
tinder polypore
bum
cheap
cheesy
chintzy
crummy
sleazy
tinny
punk rocker
hooligan
brat
punk rock
goon
hood
hoodlum
strong-armer
thug
tough
toughie
kindling
spunk
Melaleuca leucadendron
german tinder
touch wood
prostitute
nonsense
foolishness
catamite
tramp
beginner
novice
decayed
rotten
punky
torch
mawkish
namby pamby
prosy
silly
soppy
vapid
fungus
crestfallen
deplorable
execrable
hangdog
infelicitous
lousy
miserable
piteous
ropey
rueful
shabby
shoddy
sordid
sorry
stinky
trashy
woebegone
woeful
wretched
naughty boy
pickle
douche
fuckwit
joker
schmuck
schnook
shit-ass
shithead
wretch
douchetard
shitstick
glifnard
Joe Six-pack
shit-bag
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pʌŋk/
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from punk ("rotten wood dust used as tinder", attested since 1678; see Etymology 2 below) to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908).
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