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Punk

noun

An aggressive and violent young criminal. Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie.

Substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks).

Material for starting a fire. Synonyms: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood.

A teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture. Synonym: punk rocker.

Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock. Synonym: punk rock.

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"Punk" Quotes from Famous Books

... timbers are as rotten as punk," said the mate; "this North American timber never lasts long; the pump-wells are defective, and when we carry sail upon her, they don't affect the water in the lee-bilge, and she rolls it through her air-streaks like ...

— Manuel Pereira • F. C. Adams

... [He lights a cigar; as he takes a puff he makes an awful face.] Tastes like punk. [Puts cigar ...

— The Easiest Way - Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 • Eugene Walter

... bearing a deal of the responsibility for the success of the piece on her young shoulders. "If we are punk, then nobody will come back to see the show a second time, or advise other folks to see it. And if we don't make a heap of money for the Red Cross, after all the advertising we've had, what will folks ...

— The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross - Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause • Gertrude W. Morrison

... she said, "and bring me more wood; this cotton wood is so dry, it burns out like rotten punk; I'm off my feet to-night, with all these men to cook for;" then turning to the table, she began cutting her bread, and did not see how tall and unlike Ramon was the man who silently rose and went out to do her bidding. When, a few moments later, Alessandro ...

— Ramona • Helen Hunt Jackson

... window, one-half of which, in the decay of the glass panes, had been boarded up to exclude the wind and the rain. The job had evidently been performed by a bungling hand, and had never been more than half done. The wood was as rotten as punk; and without difficulty, and without much noise, the fugitive succeeded in removing the board which had covered the ...

— The Young Lieutenant - or, The Adventures of an Army Officer • Oliver Optic

Words linked to "Punk" : teenager, crook, hoodlum, lighter, rock, igniter, felon, rock music, outlaw, sleazy, malefactor, inferior, rock and roll, rock 'n' roll, criminal, teen, toughie, colloquialism, adolescent, goon, stripling, punk rocker, hood, spunk, ignitor, bully, rock-and-roll, tinder, rock'n'roll