punk

noun

1. 1

   archaicOne who engages in sexual intercourse A female prostitute.

   My lord, she may be a punk; for many of them are neither maid, widow, nor wife.

   […] And made them fight, like mad or drunk, / For Dame Religion, as for punk...

   Flip [Lady Flippant]. I love, of my life men ſhould deal freely vvith me; there are ſo fevv men vvill deal freely with one— / Sir Sim[on Addlepot]. Are you not a Fireſhip? a Punk, Madam? / Flip. VVell, Sir, I love Raillery. / Sir Sim. Faith and troth I do not railly, I deal freely.

2. 2

   obsoleteOne who engages in sexual intercourse A boy or younger man who engages in sexual intercourse by an older man as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.

   The Beaus... At night make a Punk of him that's first drunk.

3. 3

   One who engages in sexual intercourse A passive or effeminate homosexual man.

4. 4

   slangOne who engages in sexual intercourse A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.

   They'd pick up youngsters as, well—as their playthings. These kids were called punks.

5. 5

   One who engages in sexual intercourse A male homosexual.

6. 6

   slangOne who engages in sexual intercourse A man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison.

   A punk, if you want it in plain English, is a boy with smooth skin who takes the place of a woman in a jailbird's love life.

   If he is small and weak, he may decide to become a ‘punk’ and allow himself to be raped by the inmate most likely to protect him.

   Because he was so weak, Vinny soon became Tony's punk.

7. 7

   slangA worthless person, particularly

   This fellow was just a punk... a nobody.

8. 8

   rareA worthless person Any person, especially a male comrade.

9. 9

   slangA worthless person A petty criminal, especially a juvenile delinquent.

   He said the prisoner called them ‘punk’... He admitted that he shouted ‘punk’ to them.

   There was nothing so special about the gang, punks are punks.

   I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?

10. 10

    slangA worthless person A weak, timid person.

    Do you think a little thing like a scratch would bother me? I'm no punk.

    Taking him home she hemmed him up soon as they stepped in the door. Now Tony was a bad dude in the streets but when it came to his mama, he was a punk. A few cuss words on her part had him spilling everything.

11. 11

    slangA worthless person Synonym of amateur.

12. 12

    slangA worthless person A young, untrained animal or worker.

13. 13

    A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: The fashion style associated with punk rock, typically involving leather, metal studs and pins, distressed clothing and confrontational slogans.

    Thus, punk girls combined elements of female dress (bodysuits, skirts) with punk accessories (bullet belt, emocore shirt) to create a distinctly female punk look that's "as girly" as they get.

    Dame Vivienne Westwood is a British fashion designer and businesswoman. Largely responsible for bringing modern punk and new-wave fashions into the mainstream, she epitomises haute couture of the modern era.

14. 14

    A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: A nonconformist social movement originally associated with punk rock and its fans, combining anarchism and radicalism, usually (but not necessarily) left-wing.

    This emphasis on politics in the personal sphere might be a difference between punk now and punk fifteen years ago.

    Despite this, Podemos's beginnings are still illuminating to understand punk's scope of influence adequately.

15. 15

    A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: Any of the -punk genres, typically involving anachronistic technology and its social impact: dieselpunk, solarpunk, steampunk etc.

    Some of these genres produce unique and intriguing subculture groups, usually referred to as types of "punks": cyberpunk, teslapunk, atompunk, biopunk, etc.

    Punk stories look at the current dominant socioeconomic paradigm and don't like what they see. They look at the newest gadget or algorithm and see how it can be misused and abused.

16. 16

    A follower of any of these movements, including: A person who designs or dresses in punk fashion style.

17. 17

    A follower of any of these movements, including: A member of the punk social movement; usually anarchist and socially non-conformist although potentially either left-wing or right-wing.

    In the daily praxis of punk, vegetarianism and veganism are strategies through which many punks combat corporate capitalism, patriarchy, and environmental collapse.

18. 18

    A follower of any of these movements, including: A fan of a -punk genre of fiction, or a person who dresses in a style associated with it.

19. 19

    Variant of punk rockA group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: Ellipsis of punk rock, a genre known for short, loud, energetic songs with electric guitars and strong drums and shocking or political lyrics.

    Who else... would have the nerve to actually begin a song with the line ‘Whatchew gonna do, mama, now that the roast beef's gone...?’ Man, that is true punk; that is so fucked up it's got class up the ass.

20. 20

    Variant of punk rockerA follower of any of these movements, including: Ellipsis of punk rocker; a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.

    My girlfriend is a punk and she plays the drums.

    But I still felt a fraud. I was like all those people who suddenly shaved their heads and said they'd always been punks, they'd been punks before punk was even thought of […]

adjective

1. 1

   Worthless, contemptible, particularly Bad, substandard.

   Babbitt boomed on: "Pretty punk service the Company giving us on these car-lines. Nonsense to only run the Portland Road cars once every seven minutes. Fellow gets mighty cold on a winter morning, waiting on a street corner with the wind nipping at his ankles."

2. 2

   Worthless, contemptible, particularly Thuggish, criminal.

3. 3

   Worthless, contemptible, particularly Cowardly.

   ... Donald Trump is also a coward. For all of his tough talk and bluster, the president of the United States is a punk ass bitch.

4. 4

   Worthless, contemptible, particularly Poorly, sickly.

   With the subtleties of dressing ran other complex worries. "I feel kind of punk this morning," he said. "I think I had too much dinner last evening. You oughtn't to serve those heavy banana fritters."

5. 5

   Worthless, contemptible, particularly Inexperienced.

6. 6

   Of or concerning punk rock or its associated subculture.

   You look very punk with your t-shirt, piercing, and chains.

   BrewDog, the craft beer company that prides itself on a “punk” ethos, has been accused of acting like “just another multinational corporate machine” after forcing a family-run pub to change its name or face legal action.

verb

1. 1

   slangTo pimp.

2. 2

   slangTo forcibly perform anal sex upon (an unwilling partner).

   Ricky punked his new cell-mates.

   "Hell, Haggerty, with that caved-in chest you got, and with your guts pickled in alcohol, and a leg and a half in the grave, the Navy wouldn't even take you for punkin', Barney sourly said.

   If you start to stare at men's asses, to try & punk them in their moments with God; you are an enemy of God! Anyone looking upon a man as though a woman is in danger of judgement! -<><

3. 3

   slangTo prank.

   I got expelled when I punked the principal.

   “We were laughing because it was like, ‘Do you think we’re being punked?’” said Leigh Wade, an OB-GYN who was there with her husband, Richard Iuorio, an emergency room doctor who’d waited for a reservation since February.

4. 4

   To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.

   Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.

5. 5

   To adapt or embellish in the style of the punk movement.

   Suzy, a pump young woman with sparkling brown eyes and punked hair tucked behind her ears, said blankly, "What?"

   Like the Apartments, the supports hadn't written many songs of their own. They ran on that old standby, “fun,” in the form of “punked up” versions of pop songs like “It's my Party,” alongside obscure new wave/punk covers such as Lene Lovich's “Cuckoo Clock.”

   Their raucous take on the beloved, iconic Israeli folk song allegedly drew the ire of the songwriter, Naomi Shemer, and inspired Yidcore to punk up Jewish culture in myriad ways over the course of the next decade.

noun

1. 1

   Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi.

   As the East-Indians use Moxa, so these burn with Punk, which is the inward Part of the Excrescence or Exuberance of an Oak.

   If they attack a house that is pretty well manned, they [Indians in Pennsylvania] creep behind some fence, or hedge, or tree, and shoot red-hot iron slugs, or punk, into the roof, and fire the house […]

   On one occasion a venerable old Indian man, who, in order to light his pipe, was trying to catch a spark upon a piece of punk struck from his flint and steel; ...

   The oil is mixed with bits of dry wood or punk and moulded into sticks about a cubit long and an inch in diameter by putting it into joints of small bamboo.

2. 2

   A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.

   On the end a coal of fire slowly smouldered. It would last for hours, and my cell-mate called it a "punk."

   Then, without another word, he rose and left the shelter, apparently in order to light the vessel's wick with a punk from the dying campfire.

   He raised the cylinder high in the air with his bare hand, used a punk to light the fuse, and KABOOM!

Forms

plural

punks, punx

comparative

punker

superlative

punkest

past tense

punked

past participle

punked

present participle

punking

third person singular

punks