punk
punk /pʌŋk/
noun
Origin: Perhaps from punk 'prostitute' (16-20 centuries).1. [uncountable] (also ˌpunk ˈrock) a type of loud music popular in the late 1970s and 1980s
2. [countable] (also punk rocker) someone who likes punk music and wears things that are typical of it, such as torn clothes, metal chains, and coloured hair:
punk hairstyles
3. [countable] American English informal a young man who fights and breaks the law
4. [uncountable] American English a substance that burns without a flame that is used to light fireworks etc
punk /pʌŋk/
noun Sense 1-3
Date: 1900-2000Origin: Perhaps from punk 'prostitute' (16-20 centuries).
2. [countable] (also punk rocker) someone who likes punk music and wears things that are typical of it, such as torn clothes, metal chains, and coloured hair:
3. [countable] American English informal a young man who fights and breaks the law
4. [uncountable] American English a substance that burns without a flame that is used to light fireworks etc