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Punk   /pəŋk/   Listen
Punk

noun
1.
An aggressive and violent young criminal.  Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie.
2.
Substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks).
3.
Material for starting a fire.  Synonyms: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood.
4.
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.
5.
Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock.  Synonym: punk rock.
adjective
1.
Of very poor quality; flimsy.  Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny.



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"Punk" Quotes from Famous Books



... fighting against another ship, he wore a strap over his shoulders to which were fastened large pistols. In those days, cannon were touched off by means of a slow match, a kind of cord that burns slowly like punk. When Blackbeard went into battle, he twisted some of these slow matches or cords round his head, and stuck some of them under his hat. The ends of these matches were burning, and they looked like fiery, hissing snakes. With his beard turned back over his ears, ...
— Stories of American Life and Adventure • Edward Eggleston
... treated, it should make you feel well to get the chance. I'll place your loose coin on Wyndham, and not a soul need know about it until you're ready for him to know. Perhaps by and by, when this old baseball team is all to the punk, you'll feel like coming out openly and informing them that you've added to your bank account by betting against them; but, if you don't happen to feel that way, you can keep still and enjoy the fruits of your cleverness—which should ...
— Rival Pitchers of Oakdale • Morgan Scott
... bedrooms are provided with adjoining baths and a covered passageway connects the kitchen with the house. All is ready for the tired traveler, and a boy can be hired for a trifling sum to make the punkah "punk." Such comforts can only be appreciated when one has journeyed for months in a country where they do ...
— Camps and Trails in China - A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China • Roy Chapman Andrews and Yvette Borup Andrews
... as in duty bound when the boss cracks a joke, no matter how punk it is; and then Holmes put ...
— The Adventures of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons • James Francis Thierry
... seaweed," he said; "with my sun-glass I can soon have a bonfire." He took a piece of punk from a waterproof box that he carried in his pocket and focussed the sun's rays on it. "Run down and bring me an armful of dry seaweed and wood," he ...
— The Land of the Changing Sun • William N. Harben


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