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   Punk

   /pəNGk/

   

   noun

   • 1. a loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s: "punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head"
   • ▪ an admirer or player of punk rock, typically characterized by colored spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zippers: "most of the punks play in bands"
   • 2. a worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse): informal North American "you think any of these punks they got fighting today could stand up to Joe Louis?"
   • ▪ a criminal or hoodlum: "there's never been a better time to take our streets back from the punks"
   • ▪ (in prison slang) a passive gay man: derogatory US "he determined to be made into no one's punk"
   • ▪ an inexperienced young person; a novice: "you were a nobody, a punk kid starting out"

   adjective

   • 1. relating to punk rock and its associated subculture: "a punk band"

   verb

   • 1. trick or deceive: informal US "the Associated Press got punked with a fake tweet"
   • ▪ (chiefly in sports) defeat utterly: informal US "the Tigers punked the Sooners 40–6"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in archaic sense ‘prostitute’): of unknown origin.

   Derivatives

   • 1. punkish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 10

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