Definition of punk in English:

punk

noun pʌŋkpəŋk

1mass noun A loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s.
punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head
Example sentencesExamples
- Every new rock genre that comes along, from psychedelia to punk, grunge to Britpop, is driven by male artists, with women relegated either to the margins or a handful of supporting roles.
- Consequently, the album sews punk, northern soul, hip hop, garage and electronica together and then pulls the whole lot inside out.
- Come and enjoy a mixture of sublime acoustic and pop music, punk, electronic wizardy, hard-rock and funk.
- He just had that amazing knack of picking great songs - whether it was punk, techno, jazz, blues, rock, pop or rap.
- Fresh from their recent comeback gig at the Festival Hall, The Beat will be bringing their mix of reggae, ska and punk to Croydon with a set to get the crowd jumping.
- This broad range of experimentation builds on the musical flourishing of the 1960s and 1970s where bands like The Clash mixed punk with reggae and ska.
- It's dance music coming out of a background of hardcore punk where brevity is part of our thing.
- The breakthrough of punk internationally put rock music and popular culture back in the hands of fans and amateurs.
- Their unique mix of reggae and punk kept the crowd jumping and shaking for the entirety of their enthused set.
- There are 30 young acts performing music ranging from punk to hip hop and ska to salsa.
- From garage rock to punk, electro and disco it's blend of angular funk bass lines, cut and paste loops and warp style electronica provides both a fascinating and highly danceable listen.
- John was the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream.
- From death metal to violins and Jewish harps, folk music, punk, soul, reggae and gospel, we've got it all.
- His band, The Clash - with their electric combination of punk, reggae, hard rock blues and jazz were just brilliant.
- It's a rock edge that easily veers over to double-time punk or laid-back ska.
- They go on to state that, in the late '70s, punk was more than loud music and T-shirt slogans.
- He gave early exposure to forms of music such as punk, reggae and hip-hop and hundreds of musicians recorded sessions for his show.
- I was born in West London and grew up listening to reggae and punk rock.
- In his autobiography he points to influences from punk, reggae, rock and pop with hip-hop, which really gave him his sense of direction.
- Thirty years ago he fused the sound of punk with dub reggae and early hip-hop acts and created something new.
1. 1.1count noun An admirer or player of punk rock, typically characterized by coloured spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zips.
  punks fought Teds on the Kings Road on Saturday afternoons
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it was the visual image of the tribes that scandalised the public: the bovver boots and crops of the skins; the safety pins and loo-brush hairdos of the punks.
  He wore a leather jacket to school against regulations, a punk spiked dog collar despite being told numerous times to remove it and died his midnight black hair an incongruous blond.
  When I got out I had to step around a punk with blue hair wearing a woman's leopard-print shirt.
  In some of her designs for trousers, there was the additional and creative element of safety pins, a unique accessory for punks, a reason she won kudos that night.
  Wearing black leather, dark eye makeup, and dyed hair, the punks stand before graffiti-covered brick walls and inside doorways scowling at the camera.
  Because we were the generation that had been raised on a diet of 1970s dreariness, of safety-pinned punks and urban grot.
  In order to stay away from these images, I will leave you with this: Think innovative punk rockers with safety pins through freshly pierced ears.
  When he was in Denver he showed up with spiked hair, like a punk rocker.
  What about when you were a teenager - did you dress any particular way - were you a hippy or a punk?
  Winona thought Devon was really cute, he had black hair and was a punk.
  I even saw some old skinhead-type punks down at the front who seemed to appreciate the band.
  The Diamondbacks are as streaky as a punk rocker's hair.
  Back then he was a punk with green hair and ear rings.
  Ever seen people with green and blue hair that dress like punks?
  In another, she mingles with East Village punks in pink-and-orange hair, distressed biker jacket, shredded tights, and sleep-deprived eyes.
  I'm one of those punks whose hair color changes with their mood.
  This punk had her short hair completely purple.
  A tall punk with flaming red hair had his arm slung tightly around her waist in a possessive manner.
  A young punk with a hair dyed laser pink came over to my table.
  I vaguely recall photo spreads of spiky-haired punks in a newspaper colour supplement, but that's it really.
2North American informal A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse)
you think any of these punks they got fighting today could stand up to Joe Louis?
Example sentencesExamples
- You ain't nothin' but a punk anyway, and I'm gonna cut ya.
- Beer-swilling punks drag race through the river.
- I think he was just trying to make me feel like a useless punk, since the only thing I've ever done with my own hands over any Thanksgiving was stuff a turkey.
- To them, office punks were nobodies, failures.
- Get the hell away from me you stupid punk!
- A cranky, old, blind man, who lives next door is always barking, ‘Turn down that music, you lousy punks!’
- Don, you and the rest of your little buddies are the same worthless rat punks now that you were as 12-year-olds.
- He walks up and says, ‘They're nothing but a bunch of punks.’
- You two are the stupid punks who spiked her drink in the first place!
- The loudest voices are those of the blustering schoolyard bully who crudely masks his own inadequacies by calling others sissies and punks.
1. 2.1 A criminal or thug.
  there's never been a better time to take our streets back from the punks
  Example sentencesExamples
  The four punks who attacked Sammy were all sitting handcuffed to chairs on the defendant's side of the room.
  The Setex Security Chief didn't like gang punks any more than Alan did, but he didn't like Alan much, either.
  She turned to see a gang of street punks with chains and very sharp weapons that they showed off.
  We're all no doubt envisioning worthless adolescent punks who deserve to lose some teeth, but what if the perpetrator is female, or a precocious 12-year-old?
  It tells the story of Ellie, Gerald and Dan, three street punks fresh from reform school, who are desperate and need money.
  Chidduck sends his bagman, Sarno, to talk to the punks in a Mexican bordello where they're hiding out.
  While Spidey may not be packing heat or killing punks like Tommy Vercetti, the GTA influenced gameplay makes webslinging so much more exciting than previous games.
  He had the kind of face that made him look like a punk or thug.
  They need to be treated like the junkies and street punks that they are.
  The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the streets, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it.
  It's more like several mini-sequences: the botched hijacking, Brian and Dominic's square-off with the Asian punks, and their final confrontation.
  Presumably assaulting a 67-year-old woman and threatening to dig up her husband's body makes these nutcases feel like their true revolutionaries rather than pathetic punks.
  It would demonstrate American capabilities to the armed punks who rape, torture and murder the unarmed and helpless on a daily basis.
  And we today would be worshiping some pantheon of gangster punks instead of Him.
  There were homeless people, and gutter punks, and crime - muggings and prostitution.
  When he gets mugged by a gang of street punks and left beaten up in an alley, Goda's desire for a gun grows even more intense.
  Less than .00001 percent of handguns ever manufactured have been used for illegal activities, and 99 percent of the time by punks some goofy judge figured ought to be out on the street with us.
  We got the most amazing answer - something like $450 million was owed in outstanding fines, with some young punks out there owing up to $90,000.
  Gove is a notorious figure, playing with NYC's gutter punks L.E.S. Stitches and, more recently, street-punk kings U.S. Bombs.
  Two upside-down Yakuza punks were stepping up onto the platform.
2. 2.2US derogatory (in prison slang) a passive male homosexual.
  he determined to be made into no one's punk
3. 2.3 An inexperienced young person.
  as modifier you were a nobody, a punk kid starting out
  Example sentencesExamples
  Compared to Europe, the US seems like the immature fifteen year old punks in the back of the room giggling when someone says ‘boobie.’
  I was a punk, know-it-all kid to summarize. I have matured drastically since 16 and continue to do so.
  The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie.
  Synonyms
  novice, starter, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer
3North American mass noun Soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, used as tinder.

adjective pʌŋkpəŋk

1Relating to punk rock and its associated subculture.
a punk band
a punk haircut
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus the appeal of punk covers: you get the energy and the attitude AND recognizable tunes you can sing along with, either out of empathy or derision.
- At a time when ‘punk’ is very much ‘in,’ isn't it appropriate that we will soon get to see a real punk band in action?
- There's a lot of punk bands that start in high school and end in high school.
- Hebdige considers the punk adoption of the swastika as a particularly troublesome moment in the negotiation of punk subculture.
- I have on a pair of very tight drainpipe trousers, shirt and skinny tie, and a jacket whose thin lapels are partly hidden by a row of tiny badges featuring the names of punk bands.
- The quartet embraces the classic punk idioms of lo-fi production, charging guitars and three-chord progressions.
- My wife experienced the dark side of the suburban dream as a child and ran away to San Francisco, finding solace in the early punk community.
- The Damned were the first to publish a punk rock single, the first punk band to tour the States and influencers of countless other bands.
- Crying about it wasn't the punk thing to do, but I couldn't help it.
- There was someone on it who was in some band that was influential in the 60s or something and was a building block for the punk movement.
- My younger sister Jeri, in her mauve bridesmaid dress and punk make-up she refused to wash off, handed out photocopied programs to the arriving guests.
- I also saw a picture of her as a bleached-blond punk teenager wearing dark eyeliner and a shirt that looked as if it was made of chain metal.
- Although he wears a crisp button-down shirt, it is cut in the current baggy urban fashion and his hair has been shaved and styled in a slick hip-hop update of the punk Mohawk.
- Growing up as the post-Cold War generation, in a cushy house and being provided for, punk bands do not know what politics are about, or why they should bother.
- Small audiences and an intact (no, not dead) punk community give a personalized edge to this music-driven push.
- Already garnering rave reviews, Cherry details the life of a young woman in Winnipeg's punk subculture as she gets entangled with an abusive boyfriend.
- Why would a 43-year-old man still be drumming for a punk band?
- Radio 4 is rooted in British post - punk tradition, and take a lot of their sound from the Clash, Mission of Burma, and Gang of Four.
- This American punk band have quietly made a name for themselves through sheer dint of the energy expended on their records and the sense of fun that practically drips from your speakers.
- The most moving of the three, this chapter has Spheeris move away from focusing on the performers and looks at the punk subculture itself.
2North American informal In poor condition.
I felt too punk to eat

verb pʌŋkpəŋk

[with object]US informal

1Trick or deceive.
the Associated Press got punked with a fake tweet
his friends punked him and told him that she was having a party, which is why he showed up unannounced
1. 1.1 (chiefly in sport) defeat utterly.
  the Tigers punked the Sooners 40–6

Derivatives

punkish

adjective

Has uniquely combined guitar grandeur of arena rock, punkish independence, Celtic spirituality, even electronica: all held together by Bono's transcendent vision and charisma.
Example sentencesExamples
- Both are dressed in their usual punkish attire, though Janie is now visibly pregnant, and wears a lime green novelty t-shirt that reads ‘Bun in the Oven’.
- Most important and enduring English modern rock band - began as minimalist punkish trio before defining and transcending goth, mutating into psychedelic jam band, before returning to bright alt-rock.
- The four-piece combo, soon growing to five, demanded attention and are infectiously funky, whether busting out the jams with their punkish spirited guitar pop, or speaker busting, live electronic mashups.
- My favourite sound and look for Chanel is punkish angel vamp - like she did when she did that Sam Brown number.

Origin

Late 17th century (in sense 3 of the noun): perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk 'prostitute', also to spunk.

Long before the days of Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols, all sorts of people found themselves labelled as punks. In the past the word has been used as a term for a prostitute, a male homosexual, and in show business for a youth or young animal. In American English it has been used since the early 20th century as a disparaging word for a person and in particular a young hooligan or petty criminal. In the film Dirty Harry (1971) Clint Eastwood says to a crook: ‘I know what you're thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself…You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?’ Since the 1970s the word has been applied to admirers or players of punk rock, a loud, fast-moving, aggressive form of rock music: the first US mention of punk rock comes in 1971, five years before the first British punk record, ‘New Rose’ by the Damned. The original punk was not a person at all, but, in 17th-century North America, a term for soft crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus. This was used as tinder as it caught fire easily. Its ultimate origin is not known, although it probably related to spunk (mid 16th century), which originally meant a spark, a fire or tinder, before developing the senses ‘courage and determination’ (late 18th century), and ‘semen’ (late 19th century) which is itself of uncertain origin.

Rhymes

bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, Monck, monk, plunk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk

Definition of punk in US English:

punk

nounpəŋkpəNGk

1A loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Example sentencesExamples
- In his autobiography he points to influences from punk, reggae, rock and pop with hip-hop, which really gave him his sense of direction.
- I was born in West London and grew up listening to reggae and punk rock.
- Every new rock genre that comes along, from psychedelia to punk, grunge to Britpop, is driven by male artists, with women relegated either to the margins or a handful of supporting roles.
- It's dance music coming out of a background of hardcore punk where brevity is part of our thing.
- Consequently, the album sews punk, northern soul, hip hop, garage and electronica together and then pulls the whole lot inside out.
- He just had that amazing knack of picking great songs - whether it was punk, techno, jazz, blues, rock, pop or rap.
- His band, The Clash - with their electric combination of punk, reggae, hard rock blues and jazz were just brilliant.
- Fresh from their recent comeback gig at the Festival Hall, The Beat will be bringing their mix of reggae, ska and punk to Croydon with a set to get the crowd jumping.
- It's a rock edge that easily veers over to double-time punk or laid-back ska.
- Come and enjoy a mixture of sublime acoustic and pop music, punk, electronic wizardy, hard-rock and funk.
- From garage rock to punk, electro and disco it's blend of angular funk bass lines, cut and paste loops and warp style electronica provides both a fascinating and highly danceable listen.
- Their unique mix of reggae and punk kept the crowd jumping and shaking for the entirety of their enthused set.
- This broad range of experimentation builds on the musical flourishing of the 1960s and 1970s where bands like The Clash mixed punk with reggae and ska.
- They go on to state that, in the late '70s, punk was more than loud music and T-shirt slogans.
- Thirty years ago he fused the sound of punk with dub reggae and early hip-hop acts and created something new.
- The breakthrough of punk internationally put rock music and popular culture back in the hands of fans and amateurs.
- John was the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream.
- There are 30 young acts performing music ranging from punk to hip hop and ska to salsa.
- From death metal to violins and Jewish harps, folk music, punk, soul, reggae and gospel, we've got it all.
- He gave early exposure to forms of music such as punk, reggae and hip-hop and hundreds of musicians recorded sessions for his show.
1. 1.1 An admirer or player of punk rock, typically characterized by colored spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zippers.
  Example sentencesExamples
  What about when you were a teenager - did you dress any particular way - were you a hippy or a punk?
  The Diamondbacks are as streaky as a punk rocker's hair.
  Wearing black leather, dark eye makeup, and dyed hair, the punks stand before graffiti-covered brick walls and inside doorways scowling at the camera.
  This punk had her short hair completely purple.
  When he was in Denver he showed up with spiked hair, like a punk rocker.
  Ever seen people with green and blue hair that dress like punks?
  But it was the visual image of the tribes that scandalised the public: the bovver boots and crops of the skins; the safety pins and loo-brush hairdos of the punks.
  In order to stay away from these images, I will leave you with this: Think innovative punk rockers with safety pins through freshly pierced ears.
  I even saw some old skinhead-type punks down at the front who seemed to appreciate the band.
  Because we were the generation that had been raised on a diet of 1970s dreariness, of safety-pinned punks and urban grot.
  He wore a leather jacket to school against regulations, a punk spiked dog collar despite being told numerous times to remove it and died his midnight black hair an incongruous blond.
  Winona thought Devon was really cute, he had black hair and was a punk.
  When I got out I had to step around a punk with blue hair wearing a woman's leopard-print shirt.
  I'm one of those punks whose hair color changes with their mood.
  A tall punk with flaming red hair had his arm slung tightly around her waist in a possessive manner.
  A young punk with a hair dyed laser pink came over to my table.
  In another, she mingles with East Village punks in pink-and-orange hair, distressed biker jacket, shredded tights, and sleep-deprived eyes.
  I vaguely recall photo spreads of spiky-haired punks in a newspaper colour supplement, but that's it really.
  Back then he was a punk with green hair and ear rings.
  In some of her designs for trousers, there was the additional and creative element of safety pins, a unique accessory for punks, a reason she won kudos that night.
2North American informal A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse).
Example sentencesExamples
- The loudest voices are those of the blustering schoolyard bully who crudely masks his own inadequacies by calling others sissies and punks.
- You two are the stupid punks who spiked her drink in the first place!
- A cranky, old, blind man, who lives next door is always barking, ‘Turn down that music, you lousy punks!’
- Don, you and the rest of your little buddies are the same worthless rat punks now that you were as 12-year-olds.
- He walks up and says, ‘They're nothing but a bunch of punks.’
- Get the hell away from me you stupid punk!
- Beer-swilling punks drag race through the river.
- You ain't nothin' but a punk anyway, and I'm gonna cut ya.
- To them, office punks were nobodies, failures.
- I think he was just trying to make me feel like a useless punk, since the only thing I've ever done with my own hands over any Thanksgiving was stuff a turkey.
1. 2.1 A criminal or hoodlum.
  Example sentencesExamples
  While Spidey may not be packing heat or killing punks like Tommy Vercetti, the GTA influenced gameplay makes webslinging so much more exciting than previous games.
  It tells the story of Ellie, Gerald and Dan, three street punks fresh from reform school, who are desperate and need money.
  Less than .00001 percent of handguns ever manufactured have been used for illegal activities, and 99 percent of the time by punks some goofy judge figured ought to be out on the street with us.
  The Setex Security Chief didn't like gang punks any more than Alan did, but he didn't like Alan much, either.
  The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the streets, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it.
  The four punks who attacked Sammy were all sitting handcuffed to chairs on the defendant's side of the room.
  Chidduck sends his bagman, Sarno, to talk to the punks in a Mexican bordello where they're hiding out.
  It would demonstrate American capabilities to the armed punks who rape, torture and murder the unarmed and helpless on a daily basis.
  There were homeless people, and gutter punks, and crime - muggings and prostitution.
  He had the kind of face that made him look like a punk or thug.
  She turned to see a gang of street punks with chains and very sharp weapons that they showed off.
  We're all no doubt envisioning worthless adolescent punks who deserve to lose some teeth, but what if the perpetrator is female, or a precocious 12-year-old?
  We got the most amazing answer - something like $450 million was owed in outstanding fines, with some young punks out there owing up to $90,000.
  When he gets mugged by a gang of street punks and left beaten up in an alley, Goda's desire for a gun grows even more intense.
  Two upside-down Yakuza punks were stepping up onto the platform.
  They need to be treated like the junkies and street punks that they are.
  It's more like several mini-sequences: the botched hijacking, Brian and Dominic's square-off with the Asian punks, and their final confrontation.
  Presumably assaulting a 67-year-old woman and threatening to dig up her husband's body makes these nutcases feel like their true revolutionaries rather than pathetic punks.
  Gove is a notorious figure, playing with NYC's gutter punks L.E.S. Stitches and, more recently, street-punk kings U.S. Bombs.
  And we today would be worshiping some pantheon of gangster punks instead of Him.
2. 2.2US derogatory (in prison slang) a passive male homosexual.
3. 2.3 An inexperienced young person; a novice.
  Example sentencesExamples
  Compared to Europe, the US seems like the immature fifteen year old punks in the back of the room giggling when someone says ‘boobie.’
  The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie.
  I was a punk, know-it-all kid to summarize. I have matured drastically since 16 and continue to do so.
  Synonyms
  novice, starter, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer
3North American Soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, sometimes used as tinder.

adjectivepəŋkpəNGk

1Relating to punk rock and its associated subculture.
a punk band
a punk haircut
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus the appeal of punk covers: you get the energy and the attitude AND recognizable tunes you can sing along with, either out of empathy or derision.
- This American punk band have quietly made a name for themselves through sheer dint of the energy expended on their records and the sense of fun that practically drips from your speakers.
- My younger sister Jeri, in her mauve bridesmaid dress and punk make-up she refused to wash off, handed out photocopied programs to the arriving guests.
- The most moving of the three, this chapter has Spheeris move away from focusing on the performers and looks at the punk subculture itself.
- I also saw a picture of her as a bleached-blond punk teenager wearing dark eyeliner and a shirt that looked as if it was made of chain metal.
- Why would a 43-year-old man still be drumming for a punk band?
- Crying about it wasn't the punk thing to do, but I couldn't help it.
- Growing up as the post-Cold War generation, in a cushy house and being provided for, punk bands do not know what politics are about, or why they should bother.
- Already garnering rave reviews, Cherry details the life of a young woman in Winnipeg's punk subculture as she gets entangled with an abusive boyfriend.
- Small audiences and an intact (no, not dead) punk community give a personalized edge to this music-driven push.
- Hebdige considers the punk adoption of the swastika as a particularly troublesome moment in the negotiation of punk subculture.
- The Damned were the first to publish a punk rock single, the first punk band to tour the States and influencers of countless other bands.
- There was someone on it who was in some band that was influential in the 60s or something and was a building block for the punk movement.
- My wife experienced the dark side of the suburban dream as a child and ran away to San Francisco, finding solace in the early punk community.
- Radio 4 is rooted in British post - punk tradition, and take a lot of their sound from the Clash, Mission of Burma, and Gang of Four.
- Although he wears a crisp button-down shirt, it is cut in the current baggy urban fashion and his hair has been shaved and styled in a slick hip-hop update of the punk Mohawk.
- At a time when ‘punk’ is very much ‘in,’ isn't it appropriate that we will soon get to see a real punk band in action?
- I have on a pair of very tight drainpipe trousers, shirt and skinny tie, and a jacket whose thin lapels are partly hidden by a row of tiny badges featuring the names of punk bands.
- There's a lot of punk bands that start in high school and end in high school.
- The quartet embraces the classic punk idioms of lo-fi production, charging guitars and three-chord progressions.
2North American informal In poor or bad condition.
I felt too punk to eat

verbpəŋkpəNGk

[with object]US informal

1Trick or deceive.
the Associated Press got punked with a fake tweet
his friends punked him and told him that she was having a party, which is why he showed up unannounced
1. 1.1 (chiefly in sports) defeat utterly.
  the Tigers punked the Sooners 40–6

Origin

Late 17th century (in punk (sense 3 of the noun)): perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk ‘prostitute’, also to spunk.

单词	punk
释义	Definition of punk in English: punk noun pʌŋkpəŋk 1mass noun A loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s. punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head Example sentencesExamples Every new rock genre that comes along, from psychedelia to punk, grunge to Britpop, is driven by male artists, with women relegated either to the margins or a handful of supporting roles. Consequently, the album sews punk, northern soul, hip hop, garage and electronica together and then pulls the whole lot inside out. Come and enjoy a mixture of sublime acoustic and pop music, punk, electronic wizardy, hard-rock and funk. He just had that amazing knack of picking great songs - whether it was punk, techno, jazz, blues, rock, pop or rap. Fresh from their recent comeback gig at the Festival Hall, The Beat will be bringing their mix of reggae, ska and punk to Croydon with a set to get the crowd jumping. This broad range of experimentation builds on the musical flourishing of the 1960s and 1970s where bands like The Clash mixed punk with reggae and ska. It's dance music coming out of a background of hardcore punk where brevity is part of our thing. The breakthrough of punk internationally put rock music and popular culture back in the hands of fans and amateurs. Their unique mix of reggae and punk kept the crowd jumping and shaking for the entirety of their enthused set. There are 30 young acts performing music ranging from punk to hip hop and ska to salsa. From garage rock to punk, electro and disco it's blend of angular funk bass lines, cut and paste loops and warp style electronica provides both a fascinating and highly danceable listen. John was the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream. From death metal to violins and Jewish harps, folk music, punk, soul, reggae and gospel, we've got it all. His band, The Clash - with their electric combination of punk, reggae, hard rock blues and jazz were just brilliant. It's a rock edge that easily veers over to double-time punk or laid-back ska. They go on to state that, in the late '70s, punk was more than loud music and T-shirt slogans. He gave early exposure to forms of music such as punk, reggae and hip-hop and hundreds of musicians recorded sessions for his show. I was born in West London and grew up listening to reggae and punk rock. In his autobiography he points to influences from punk, reggae, rock and pop with hip-hop, which really gave him his sense of direction. Thirty years ago he fused the sound of punk with dub reggae and early hip-hop acts and created something new. 1.1count noun An admirer or player of punk rock, typically characterized by coloured spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zips. punks fought Teds on the Kings Road on Saturday afternoons Example sentencesExamples But it was the visual image of the tribes that scandalised the public: the bovver boots and crops of the skins; the safety pins and loo-brush hairdos of the punks. He wore a leather jacket to school against regulations, a punk spiked dog collar despite being told numerous times to remove it and died his midnight black hair an incongruous blond. When I got out I had to step around a punk with blue hair wearing a woman's leopard-print shirt. In some of her designs for trousers, there was the additional and creative element of safety pins, a unique accessory for punks, a reason she won kudos that night. Wearing black leather, dark eye makeup, and dyed hair, the punks stand before graffiti-covered brick walls and inside doorways scowling at the camera. Because we were the generation that had been raised on a diet of 1970s dreariness, of safety-pinned punks and urban grot. In order to stay away from these images, I will leave you with this: Think innovative punk rockers with safety pins through freshly pierced ears. When he was in Denver he showed up with spiked hair, like a punk rocker. What about when you were a teenager - did you dress any particular way - were you a hippy or a punk? Winona thought Devon was really cute, he had black hair and was a punk. I even saw some old skinhead-type punks down at the front who seemed to appreciate the band. The Diamondbacks are as streaky as a punk rocker's hair. Back then he was a punk with green hair and ear rings. Ever seen people with green and blue hair that dress like punks? In another, she mingles with East Village punks in pink-and-orange hair, distressed biker jacket, shredded tights, and sleep-deprived eyes. I'm one of those punks whose hair color changes with their mood. This punk had her short hair completely purple. A tall punk with flaming red hair had his arm slung tightly around her waist in a possessive manner. A young punk with a hair dyed laser pink came over to my table. I vaguely recall photo spreads of spiky-haired punks in a newspaper colour supplement, but that's it really. 2North American informal A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse) you think any of these punks they got fighting today could stand up to Joe Louis? Example sentencesExamples You ain't nothin' but a punk anyway, and I'm gonna cut ya. Beer-swilling punks drag race through the river. I think he was just trying to make me feel like a useless punk, since the only thing I've ever done with my own hands over any Thanksgiving was stuff a turkey. To them, office punks were nobodies, failures. Get the hell away from me you stupid punk! A cranky, old, blind man, who lives next door is always barking, ‘Turn down that music, you lousy punks!’ Don, you and the rest of your little buddies are the same worthless rat punks now that you were as 12-year-olds. He walks up and says, ‘They're nothing but a bunch of punks.’ You two are the stupid punks who spiked her drink in the first place! The loudest voices are those of the blustering schoolyard bully who crudely masks his own inadequacies by calling others sissies and punks. 2.1 A criminal or thug. there's never been a better time to take our streets back from the punks Example sentencesExamples The four punks who attacked Sammy were all sitting handcuffed to chairs on the defendant's side of the room. The Setex Security Chief didn't like gang punks any more than Alan did, but he didn't like Alan much, either. She turned to see a gang of street punks with chains and very sharp weapons that they showed off. We're all no doubt envisioning worthless adolescent punks who deserve to lose some teeth, but what if the perpetrator is female, or a precocious 12-year-old? It tells the story of Ellie, Gerald and Dan, three street punks fresh from reform school, who are desperate and need money. Chidduck sends his bagman, Sarno, to talk to the punks in a Mexican bordello where they're hiding out. While Spidey may not be packing heat or killing punks like Tommy Vercetti, the GTA influenced gameplay makes webslinging so much more exciting than previous games. He had the kind of face that made him look like a punk or thug. They need to be treated like the junkies and street punks that they are. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the streets, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. It's more like several mini-sequences: the botched hijacking, Brian and Dominic's square-off with the Asian punks, and their final confrontation. Presumably assaulting a 67-year-old woman and threatening to dig up her husband's body makes these nutcases feel like their true revolutionaries rather than pathetic punks. It would demonstrate American capabilities to the armed punks who rape, torture and murder the unarmed and helpless on a daily basis. And we today would be worshiping some pantheon of gangster punks instead of Him. There were homeless people, and gutter punks, and crime - muggings and prostitution. When he gets mugged by a gang of street punks and left beaten up in an alley, Goda's desire for a gun grows even more intense. Less than .00001 percent of handguns ever manufactured have been used for illegal activities, and 99 percent of the time by punks some goofy judge figured ought to be out on the street with us. We got the most amazing answer - something like $450 million was owed in outstanding fines, with some young punks out there owing up to $90,000. Gove is a notorious figure, playing with NYC's gutter punks L.E.S. Stitches and, more recently, street-punk kings U.S. Bombs. Two upside-down Yakuza punks were stepping up onto the platform. 2.2US derogatory (in prison slang) a passive male homosexual. he determined to be made into no one's punk 2.3 An inexperienced young person. as modifier you were a nobody, a punk kid starting out Example sentencesExamples Compared to Europe, the US seems like the immature fifteen year old punks in the back of the room giggling when someone says ‘boobie.’ I was a punk, know-it-all kid to summarize. I have matured drastically since 16 and continue to do so. The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie. Synonyms novice, starter, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer 3North American mass noun Soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, used as tinder. adjective pʌŋkpəŋk 1Relating to punk rock and its associated subculture. a punk band a punk haircut Example sentencesExamples Thus the appeal of punk covers: you get the energy and the attitude AND recognizable tunes you can sing along with, either out of empathy or derision. At a time when ‘punk’ is very much ‘in,’ isn't it appropriate that we will soon get to see a real punk band in action? There's a lot of punk bands that start in high school and end in high school. Hebdige considers the punk adoption of the swastika as a particularly troublesome moment in the negotiation of punk subculture. I have on a pair of very tight drainpipe trousers, shirt and skinny tie, and a jacket whose thin lapels are partly hidden by a row of tiny badges featuring the names of punk bands. The quartet embraces the classic punk idioms of lo-fi production, charging guitars and three-chord progressions. My wife experienced the dark side of the suburban dream as a child and ran away to San Francisco, finding solace in the early punk community. The Damned were the first to publish a punk rock single, the first punk band to tour the States and influencers of countless other bands. Crying about it wasn't the punk thing to do, but I couldn't help it. There was someone on it who was in some band that was influential in the 60s or something and was a building block for the punk movement. My younger sister Jeri, in her mauve bridesmaid dress and punk make-up she refused to wash off, handed out photocopied programs to the arriving guests. I also saw a picture of her as a bleached-blond punk teenager wearing dark eyeliner and a shirt that looked as if it was made of chain metal. Although he wears a crisp button-down shirt, it is cut in the current baggy urban fashion and his hair has been shaved and styled in a slick hip-hop update of the punk Mohawk. Growing up as the post-Cold War generation, in a cushy house and being provided for, punk bands do not know what politics are about, or why they should bother. Small audiences and an intact (no, not dead) punk community give a personalized edge to this music-driven push. Already garnering rave reviews, Cherry details the life of a young woman in Winnipeg's punk subculture as she gets entangled with an abusive boyfriend. Why would a 43-year-old man still be drumming for a punk band? Radio 4 is rooted in British post - punk tradition, and take a lot of their sound from the Clash, Mission of Burma, and Gang of Four. This American punk band have quietly made a name for themselves through sheer dint of the energy expended on their records and the sense of fun that practically drips from your speakers. The most moving of the three, this chapter has Spheeris move away from focusing on the performers and looks at the punk subculture itself. 2North American informal In poor condition. I felt too punk to eat verb pʌŋkpəŋk [with object]US informal 1Trick or deceive. the Associated Press got punked with a fake tweet his friends punked him and told him that she was having a party, which is why he showed up unannounced 1.1 (chiefly in sport) defeat utterly. the Tigers punked the Sooners 40–6 Derivatives punkish adjective Has uniquely combined guitar grandeur of arena rock, punkish independence, Celtic spirituality, even electronica: all held together by Bono's transcendent vision and charisma. Example sentencesExamples Both are dressed in their usual punkish attire, though Janie is now visibly pregnant, and wears a lime green novelty t-shirt that reads ‘Bun in the Oven’. Most important and enduring English modern rock band - began as minimalist punkish trio before defining and transcending goth, mutating into psychedelic jam band, before returning to bright alt-rock. The four-piece combo, soon growing to five, demanded attention and are infectiously funky, whether busting out the jams with their punkish spirited guitar pop, or speaker busting, live electronic mashups. My favourite sound and look for Chanel is punkish angel vamp - like she did when she did that Sam Brown number. Origin Late 17th century (in sense 3 of the noun): perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk 'prostitute', also to spunk. Long before the days of Johnny Rotten and the Sex Pistols, all sorts of people found themselves labelled as punks. In the past the word has been used as a term for a prostitute, a male homosexual, and in show business for a youth or young animal. In American English it has been used since the early 20th century as a disparaging word for a person and in particular a young hooligan or petty criminal. In the film Dirty Harry (1971) Clint Eastwood says to a crook: ‘I know what you're thinking. “Did he fire six shots or only five?” Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself…You've got to ask yourself a question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?’ Since the 1970s the word has been applied to admirers or players of punk rock, a loud, fast-moving, aggressive form of rock music: the first US mention of punk rock comes in 1971, five years before the first British punk record, ‘New Rose’ by the Damned. The original punk was not a person at all, but, in 17th-century North America, a term for soft crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus. This was used as tinder as it caught fire easily. Its ultimate origin is not known, although it probably related to spunk (mid 16th century), which originally meant a spark, a fire or tinder, before developing the senses ‘courage and determination’ (late 18th century), and ‘semen’ (late 19th century) which is itself of uncertain origin. Rhymes bunk, chunk, clunk, drunk, dunk, flunk, funk, gunk, hunk, Monck, monk, plunk, shrunk, skunk, slunk, stunk, sunk, thunk, trunk Definition of punk in US English: punk nounpəŋkpəNGk 1A loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Example sentencesExamples In his autobiography he points to influences from punk, reggae, rock and pop with hip-hop, which really gave him his sense of direction. I was born in West London and grew up listening to reggae and punk rock. Every new rock genre that comes along, from psychedelia to punk, grunge to Britpop, is driven by male artists, with women relegated either to the margins or a handful of supporting roles. It's dance music coming out of a background of hardcore punk where brevity is part of our thing. Consequently, the album sews punk, northern soul, hip hop, garage and electronica together and then pulls the whole lot inside out. He just had that amazing knack of picking great songs - whether it was punk, techno, jazz, blues, rock, pop or rap. His band, The Clash - with their electric combination of punk, reggae, hard rock blues and jazz were just brilliant. Fresh from their recent comeback gig at the Festival Hall, The Beat will be bringing their mix of reggae, ska and punk to Croydon with a set to get the crowd jumping. It's a rock edge that easily veers over to double-time punk or laid-back ska. Come and enjoy a mixture of sublime acoustic and pop music, punk, electronic wizardy, hard-rock and funk. From garage rock to punk, electro and disco it's blend of angular funk bass lines, cut and paste loops and warp style electronica provides both a fascinating and highly danceable listen. Their unique mix of reggae and punk kept the crowd jumping and shaking for the entirety of their enthused set. This broad range of experimentation builds on the musical flourishing of the 1960s and 1970s where bands like The Clash mixed punk with reggae and ska. They go on to state that, in the late '70s, punk was more than loud music and T-shirt slogans. Thirty years ago he fused the sound of punk with dub reggae and early hip-hop acts and created something new. The breakthrough of punk internationally put rock music and popular culture back in the hands of fans and amateurs. John was the first DJ to give exposure to punk, reggae and hip-hop, long before they crossed over into the mainstream. There are 30 young acts performing music ranging from punk to hip hop and ska to salsa. From death metal to violins and Jewish harps, folk music, punk, soul, reggae and gospel, we've got it all. He gave early exposure to forms of music such as punk, reggae and hip-hop and hundreds of musicians recorded sessions for his show. 1.1 An admirer or player of punk rock, typically characterized by colored spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zippers. Example sentencesExamples What about when you were a teenager - did you dress any particular way - were you a hippy or a punk? The Diamondbacks are as streaky as a punk rocker's hair. Wearing black leather, dark eye makeup, and dyed hair, the punks stand before graffiti-covered brick walls and inside doorways scowling at the camera. This punk had her short hair completely purple. When he was in Denver he showed up with spiked hair, like a punk rocker. Ever seen people with green and blue hair that dress like punks? But it was the visual image of the tribes that scandalised the public: the bovver boots and crops of the skins; the safety pins and loo-brush hairdos of the punks. In order to stay away from these images, I will leave you with this: Think innovative punk rockers with safety pins through freshly pierced ears. I even saw some old skinhead-type punks down at the front who seemed to appreciate the band. Because we were the generation that had been raised on a diet of 1970s dreariness, of safety-pinned punks and urban grot. He wore a leather jacket to school against regulations, a punk spiked dog collar despite being told numerous times to remove it and died his midnight black hair an incongruous blond. Winona thought Devon was really cute, he had black hair and was a punk. When I got out I had to step around a punk with blue hair wearing a woman's leopard-print shirt. I'm one of those punks whose hair color changes with their mood. A tall punk with flaming red hair had his arm slung tightly around her waist in a possessive manner. A young punk with a hair dyed laser pink came over to my table. In another, she mingles with East Village punks in pink-and-orange hair, distressed biker jacket, shredded tights, and sleep-deprived eyes. I vaguely recall photo spreads of spiky-haired punks in a newspaper colour supplement, but that's it really. Back then he was a punk with green hair and ear rings. In some of her designs for trousers, there was the additional and creative element of safety pins, a unique accessory for punks, a reason she won kudos that night. 2North American informal A worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse). Example sentencesExamples The loudest voices are those of the blustering schoolyard bully who crudely masks his own inadequacies by calling others sissies and punks. You two are the stupid punks who spiked her drink in the first place! A cranky, old, blind man, who lives next door is always barking, ‘Turn down that music, you lousy punks!’ Don, you and the rest of your little buddies are the same worthless rat punks now that you were as 12-year-olds. He walks up and says, ‘They're nothing but a bunch of punks.’ Get the hell away from me you stupid punk! Beer-swilling punks drag race through the river. You ain't nothin' but a punk anyway, and I'm gonna cut ya. To them, office punks were nobodies, failures. I think he was just trying to make me feel like a useless punk, since the only thing I've ever done with my own hands over any Thanksgiving was stuff a turkey. 2.1 A criminal or hoodlum. Example sentencesExamples While Spidey may not be packing heat or killing punks like Tommy Vercetti, the GTA influenced gameplay makes webslinging so much more exciting than previous games. It tells the story of Ellie, Gerald and Dan, three street punks fresh from reform school, who are desperate and need money. Less than .00001 percent of handguns ever manufactured have been used for illegal activities, and 99 percent of the time by punks some goofy judge figured ought to be out on the street with us. The Setex Security Chief didn't like gang punks any more than Alan did, but he didn't like Alan much, either. The dollar buys a nickel's worth; banks are going bust; shopkeepers keep a gun under the counter; punks are running wild in the streets, and there's nobody anywhere who seems to know what to do, and there's no end to it. The four punks who attacked Sammy were all sitting handcuffed to chairs on the defendant's side of the room. Chidduck sends his bagman, Sarno, to talk to the punks in a Mexican bordello where they're hiding out. It would demonstrate American capabilities to the armed punks who rape, torture and murder the unarmed and helpless on a daily basis. There were homeless people, and gutter punks, and crime - muggings and prostitution. He had the kind of face that made him look like a punk or thug. She turned to see a gang of street punks with chains and very sharp weapons that they showed off. We're all no doubt envisioning worthless adolescent punks who deserve to lose some teeth, but what if the perpetrator is female, or a precocious 12-year-old? We got the most amazing answer - something like $450 million was owed in outstanding fines, with some young punks out there owing up to $90,000. When he gets mugged by a gang of street punks and left beaten up in an alley, Goda's desire for a gun grows even more intense. Two upside-down Yakuza punks were stepping up onto the platform. They need to be treated like the junkies and street punks that they are. It's more like several mini-sequences: the botched hijacking, Brian and Dominic's square-off with the Asian punks, and their final confrontation. Presumably assaulting a 67-year-old woman and threatening to dig up her husband's body makes these nutcases feel like their true revolutionaries rather than pathetic punks. Gove is a notorious figure, playing with NYC's gutter punks L.E.S. Stitches and, more recently, street-punk kings U.S. Bombs. And we today would be worshiping some pantheon of gangster punks instead of Him. 2.2US derogatory (in prison slang) a passive male homosexual. 2.3 An inexperienced young person; a novice. Example sentencesExamples Compared to Europe, the US seems like the immature fifteen year old punks in the back of the room giggling when someone says ‘boobie.’ The kings of the heartogram didn't fail to impress, with a diverse crowd gathered, including everyone from young punks to soccer moms and even a haggard old bat dancing around in lingerie. I was a punk, know-it-all kid to summarize. I have matured drastically since 16 and continue to do so. Synonyms novice, starter, learner, student, pupil, trainee, apprentice, probationer 3North American Soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, sometimes used as tinder. adjectivepəŋkpəNGk 1Relating to punk rock and its associated subculture. a punk band a punk haircut Example sentencesExamples Thus the appeal of punk covers: you get the energy and the attitude AND recognizable tunes you can sing along with, either out of empathy or derision. This American punk band have quietly made a name for themselves through sheer dint of the energy expended on their records and the sense of fun that practically drips from your speakers. My younger sister Jeri, in her mauve bridesmaid dress and punk make-up she refused to wash off, handed out photocopied programs to the arriving guests. The most moving of the three, this chapter has Spheeris move away from focusing on the performers and looks at the punk subculture itself. I also saw a picture of her as a bleached-blond punk teenager wearing dark eyeliner and a shirt that looked as if it was made of chain metal. Why would a 43-year-old man still be drumming for a punk band? Crying about it wasn't the punk thing to do, but I couldn't help it. Growing up as the post-Cold War generation, in a cushy house and being provided for, punk bands do not know what politics are about, or why they should bother. Already garnering rave reviews, Cherry details the life of a young woman in Winnipeg's punk subculture as she gets entangled with an abusive boyfriend. Small audiences and an intact (no, not dead) punk community give a personalized edge to this music-driven push. Hebdige considers the punk adoption of the swastika as a particularly troublesome moment in the negotiation of punk subculture. The Damned were the first to publish a punk rock single, the first punk band to tour the States and influencers of countless other bands. There was someone on it who was in some band that was influential in the 60s or something and was a building block for the punk movement. My wife experienced the dark side of the suburban dream as a child and ran away to San Francisco, finding solace in the early punk community. Radio 4 is rooted in British post - punk tradition, and take a lot of their sound from the Clash, Mission of Burma, and Gang of Four. Although he wears a crisp button-down shirt, it is cut in the current baggy urban fashion and his hair has been shaved and styled in a slick hip-hop update of the punk Mohawk. At a time when ‘punk’ is very much ‘in,’ isn't it appropriate that we will soon get to see a real punk band in action? I have on a pair of very tight drainpipe trousers, shirt and skinny tie, and a jacket whose thin lapels are partly hidden by a row of tiny badges featuring the names of punk bands. There's a lot of punk bands that start in high school and end in high school. The quartet embraces the classic punk idioms of lo-fi production, charging guitars and three-chord progressions. 2North American informal In poor or bad condition. I felt too punk to eat verbpəŋkpəNGk [with object]US informal 1Trick or deceive. the Associated Press got punked with a fake tweet his friends punked him and told him that she was having a party, which is why he showed up unannounced 1.1 (chiefly in sports) defeat utterly. the Tigers punked the Sooners 40–6 Origin Late 17th century (in punk (sense 3 of the noun)): perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk ‘prostitute’, also to spunk.
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