punkedadj.
/pʌŋkt/, U.S. /pəŋkt/ Chiefly with out, up. Having or exemplifying the style of dress, appearance, etc., associated with punks (see punk n.1 5b) or punk rock. Of music: played in a punk rock style.
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1978 Los Angeles Times 2 July n66/1 Punked-up covers of tunes like Elvis' ‘Jailhouse Rock’.
1980 Washington Post 12 Apr. c4 Solo artist Lana Zabco is quite another story. This young, punked-out, tacky, witty, deranged, deadpan analyst of popular culture leaves traditional mime in the dust.
1984 J. McInerney Bright Lights, Big City 42 He's looking très sportif in J. Press torso and punked-out red SoHo trousers.
1988 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Jan. d1 Larson admitted..that he was influenced by Mel Gibson as Road Warrior—one look at Jones in punked hair and leathers is all it takes.
2000 R. Middleton in J. Potter Cambr. Compan. Singing iii. 35 Sid Vicious..brings down the curtain on punk rock, demolishes the pretensions of vocal ‘self-expression’ in his up-tempo, punked-up version of the song.
2005 F. Busch North 97 He looked like any other punked-out middle-class boy who needed a bath.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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