Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth 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.
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.
Wiktionary
- n. countable A juvenile delinquent, young petty criminal or trouble-maker.
- n. countable A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
- n. obsolete, countable A prostitute; courtezan.
- n. countable (19th century, rare) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship; a catamite.
- n. US, prison slang A male used for sex by larger or stronger inmates, a pussyboy
- n. uncountable A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.
- n. uncountable The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums, and a direct, unproduced approach.
- n. countable A person subscribing to the movement, a punk rocker.
- n. countable 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- 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. obsolescent A prostitute; a strumpet.
WordNet 3.0
- 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.
Etymologies
- Origin unknown.Probably of eastern Algonquian origin. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“That's what we found at HONK!, where there were marching bands as big as armies, like New York's Rude Mechanical Orchestra; groups that made the term punk-rock marching band make sense, like What Cheer! from Providence; and bands that tossed off Balkan tunes with an easy virtuosity, like Seattle's Orchestar Zirkonium.”
“Coyote's choice of the highly gendered term punk is retrospective, not contemporary to the events he describes; still, it is telling that he chooses this term when remembering a moment when he feared he might project effeminate weakness by declining to attend.”
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583
“That this punk is a G.C. Deutsch "III", could it be he is a NASA legacy and that is how he got the post??????”
BREAKING NEWS: George Deutsch Did Not Graduate From Texas A & M University
“Two loaves of what he called punk, with a box of crackers, lay on a newspaper.”
“Quick question: How many genres or sub-genres end in "punk"?”
“And, speaking as someone involved in punk rock for the better part of ten years, I can say that even subcultures that claim to be politically enlightened when it comes to "women's issues" and female participation still fall short a lot of the time.”
“Post punk is just kind of in the blood, so that comes out all the time.”
“I'm not sure what that Weiland punk is doing, besides whining that his arms hurt from working out.”
“F&F for being same old crappy brainwashed head in its 4th point of contact un-american, un-patriotic scum bag pond scum sucking stool. you need help going threw life as someones punk is not what real men do.”
“And, you know, I think it will resonate with those people because I think that the attitude in punk, even if you do hang up your leather jacket, you still carry that attitude with you no matter what you go on to do.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘punk’.
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probablyankita's list
Words are all I have to take your heart away
apartheid, techno-klutz, logorrheic, gordian knot, anodyne, odor of sanctity, finders keepers, foot-in-mouth dis..., dutch uncle, masquerade, smoke signals, furtive glance and 320 more...
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pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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music genre
list of music genres - anything. even the most obscure sub-genres of sub-genres
twee pop, indie, shoegaze, doo-wop, punk, rock, jazz, pop, classical, hard rock, emo, goth and 190 more...
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Musikgenres
indietronic, shoegaze, antifolk, freak-folk, dance punk, dubstep, indie, electro, house, minimalist, underground, drum'n'base and 74 more...
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Fashionista
Clothing styles & subcultures...
dandy, boho, mod, goth, emo, punk, grunge, hipster, pimp, lolita, preppy, metal and 22 more...
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Public List: Free Association
Read the top word on the list and add a word that you associate with it. The association may be semantic, etymological, structural, literary, personal, etc.
Rules:
1. In t...mounch, mensch, trench, war, harmony, guitar, cigar, bubblegum, baseball cards, shortstop, bear, chained and 72 more...
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We Have Both Kinds, Country and Western
a list of musical genres
chillwave, shoegazer, punk, emo, rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, be-bop, loungecore, nerdcore, grunge, grebo and 27 more...
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Twitter faves
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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gonk, nerking, guap, gimp, fabulous, dabble, fabilicious, tragic, zooted, hey, cheekini, nugget and 457 more... -
Twitter favourites
The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
A script searches Twitter for "X is my new favourite word" and adds it to this list.
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bumwank, calamity, recalcitrant, gayenese, jeeze, nonsense, flabbergasted, juxtapose, procrastinating, ossanity, biffing, loser and 1972 more... -
The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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P is for Porch Dog
My P Words
paddington, paddy wagon, paddy whack, paddywhack, paisano, pandemonium, pantaloon, pantaloons, paper tiger, papoose, parachute pants, parcel and 109 more...
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Malachi_Constant's Words
triumverate, pandemic, parsnip, delineate, zamboni, parka, laser, swoop, malevolent, benevolent, fracas, tipsy and 372 more...
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fabula's Words
fabulas, pasadizo, laberinto, amazónica, libritos, manzana, ilustración, ilustraciones, trazos, tiralíneas, eufenismo, cinemateca and 217 more...
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curligirli0's Words
crapulous, swish, shiatsu, zen, xenoglossy, nincompoop, loquacious, pianissimo, onomatopoeia, imperturbable, silky, hosanas and 379 more...
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Name-Calling for Fun and Profit
I figured out the thing all these terms have in common, besides that they can be used as insults. They all crack me up.
drip, yahoo, dweeb, nimrod, wanker, nincompoop, weasel, skank, fussbudget, dink, twit, guttersnipe and 125 more...
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Slang words of Irish origin according...
Compare the etymologies of these words as given in the OED with the Gaelic backgrounders in this book, How the Irish Invented Slang: The Secret Language of the Crossroads (Counterpunch, 2007). Awai...
smack, snazzy, pussy, geek, dork, dude, smudge, snap, slugger, slum, scam, slew and 102 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for punk.

chained_bear "Crust punk" can be seen here. (but why would you want to?) Jan 15, 2009
yarb "Now I want you to notice the smell of the punk, Tommy. Something like a peculiar incense. It has a smell so completely its own. You light your punk and it just glows on the end."
- Malcolm Lowry, October Ferry to Gabriola Jul 30, 2008
skipvia A truly great band. Jim Pons, bassist, went on to play with Frank Zappa (and the Turtles, for which I guess I'll forgive him...) Feb 12, 2008
treeseed I saw the Leaves several times and they RULED! Feb 12, 2008
skipvia The Leaves were a proto-punk garage band from Los Angeles, known mainly for their recording of "Hey Joe." See Free Association. Feb 12, 2008