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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024punk•ie (pung′kē),USA pronunciation n. - Insectsany of the minute biting gnats of the family Ceratopogonidae. Also called biting midge, no-see-um.
- New York Dutch *punkje, alteration of Munsee Delaware pónkwəs (equivalent. to Proto-Algonquian *penkw- dust, ashes + *-ehs- diminutive suffix) + Dutch -je diminutive suffix
- 1760–70, American.
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