单词 | punk |
释义 | Word Frequency punk 1(pʌŋk) noun 1. a. a youth movement of the late 1970s, characterized by anti-Establishment slogans and outrageous clothes and hairstyles b. an adherent of punk c. short for punk rock d. (as modifier) a punk record 2. an inferior, rotten, or worthless person or thing 3. worthless articles collectively 4. a petty criminal or hoodlum 5. obsolete a young man kept by another man for sexual purposes; catamite 6. obsolete a prostitute adjective 7. inferior, rotten, or worthless Derived forms punkish (ˈpunkish) adjective Word origin C16: via Polari from Spanish pu(n)ta prostitute, pu(n)to male prostituteWord Frequency punk 2(pʌŋk) noun 1. dried decayed wood that smoulders when ignited: used as tinder 2. any of various other substances that smoulder when ignited, esp one used to light fireworks Word origin C18: of uncertain origin |
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