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  • noun Plural form of punk.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of punk.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

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