Punk

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Slang A young person, especially a member of a rebellious counterculture group.
  • n. Slang An inexperienced young man.
  • n. Music Punk rock.
  • n. Music A punk rocker.
  • n. Slang A young man who is the sexual partner of an older man.
  • n. Archaic A prostitute.
  • n. Dry decayed wood, used as tinder.
  • n. Any of various substances that smolder when ignited, used to light fireworks.
  • n. Chinese incense.
  • adj. Slang Of poor quality; worthless.
  • adj. Slang Weak in spirits or health.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A juvenile delinquent, young petty criminal or trouble-maker.
  • n. A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
  • n. A prostitute; courtezan.
  • n. (19th century, rare) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship; a catamite.
  • n. A male used for sex by larger or stronger inmates, a pussyboy
  • n. A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.
  • n. The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums, and a direct, unproduced approach.
  • n. A person subscribing to the movement, a punk rocker.
  • n. A worthless person.
  • adj. Of, or resembling the punk subculture
  • v. To pimp.
  • v. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.
  • v. To prank.
  • v. To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
  • n. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
  • n. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
  • n. A prostitute; a strumpet.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Wood decayed through the influence of a fungus or otherwise, and used like tinder; touchwood.
  • n. Tinder made from certain fungi. See amadou and fungus-tinder.
  • n. A prostitute; a courtezan.
  • To strike or pound with the closed fist.
  • n. A punch or pound with the closed fist.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
  • n. rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
  • n. material for starting a fire
  • n. an aggressive and violent young criminal
  • n. a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
  • adj. of very poor quality; flimsy
  • Equivalent
    inferior   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Variant
    amadou    spunk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    touchwood    agaric    prostitute    strumpet    catamite    pussy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Funk    Monk    blunk    bunk    chunk    clunk    crunk    debunk    drunk    dunk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    indie    pop    thug    jazz    bastard    hip-hop    brat    hoodlum