Punk

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. An often aggressive or violent young man.
  • noun. An inexperienced young person.
  • noun. A cowardly or weak young man.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Punk rock.
  • noun. A punk rocker.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A young man who is the sexual partner of an older man, especially in prison.
  • noun. A prostitute.
  • intransitive verb. To act in a cowardly manner. Often used with out.
  • intransitive verb. To humiliate (someone). Often used with down or out.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To dupe or deceive.
  • intransitive verb. To play a practical joke on.
  • noun. Dry decayed wood, used as tinder.
  • noun. Any of various substances that smolder when ignited, used to light fireworks.
  • noun. Chinese incense.
  • adjective. Of poor quality; worthless.
  • adjective. Weak in spirits or health.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Wood decayed through the influence of a fungus or otherwise, and used like tinder; touchwood.
  • noun. Tinder made from certain fungi. See amadou and fungus-tinder.
  • noun. A prostitute; a courtezan.
  • To strike or pound with the closed fist.
  • noun. A punch or pound with the closed fist.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
  • noun. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
  • noun. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
  • noun. A prostitute; a strumpet.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A juvenile delinquent, young petty criminal or trouble-maker.
  • noun. A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
  • noun. A prostitute; courtezan.
  • noun. (19th century, rare) The bottom in a male-male sexual relationship; a catamite.
  • noun. A male used for sex by larger or stronger inmates, a pussyboy
  • noun. A social and musical movement rooted in rebelling against the established order.
  • noun. The music of the punk movement, known for short songs with electric guitars, strong drums, and a direct, unproduced approach.
  • noun. A person subscribing to the movement, a punk rocker.
  • noun. A worthless person.
  • adjective. Of, or resembling the punk subculture
  • verb. To pimp.
  • verb. To forcibly perform anal sex upon an unwilling partner.
  • verb. To prank.
  • verb. To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
  • noun. rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
  • noun. material for starting a fire
  • noun. an aggressive and violent young criminal
  • noun. a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
  • adjective. of very poor quality; flimsy
  • Word Usage
    "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."
    Equivalent
    inferior  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Funk  Monk  blunk  bunk  chunk  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bastard  brat  hip-hop  hoodlum  indie  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    amadou  spunk