punk
noun
[ pʌŋk ]
• a loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s.
• "punk had turned pop music and its attendant culture on its head"
• a worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse).
• "you think any of these punks they got fighting today could stand up to Joe Louis?"
• soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, used as tinder.
punk
adjective
• relating to punk rock and its associated subculture.
• "a punk band"
• in poor condition.
• "I felt too punk to eat"
punk
verb
• trick or deceive.
• "the Associated Press got punked with a fake tweet"
Origin:
late 17th century (in punk (sense 3 of the noun)): perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk ‘prostitute’, also to spunk.
