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punk
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Word definitions for punk in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"worthless person" (especially a young hoodlum), 1917, probably from punk kid "criminal's apprentice," underworld slang first attested 1904 (with overtones of "catamite"). Ultimately from punk (n.1) or else from punk "prostitute, harlot, strumpet," first ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punk \Punk\, n. [Cf. Spunk .] Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. A fungus ( Polyporus fomentarius , etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric. An artificial tinder. See Amadou , and Spunk . A prostitute; a strumpet. ...
Usage examples of punk.
Joe Begbie blooters a guy whae wisnae a Hun, or even gaun tae the fitba, jist a punk guy wi a mohawk.
I had hardly expected that my liaison person would be a pinko punk, but I like Outi a lot.
The punker was getting up and grabbing at the table, cursing under his breath.
Rian said, nodding toward the punker, who was down to stay, this time.
Seth realized with horror that the punker he had just downed was no male.
Drummond hardly noticed the punker with the tattoo on his cheek and his mousy female companion, just getting up from one of the small tables near the wall.
Slowly lifting his dislocated arm, the knife still clutched in his hand, the punker suddenly gave an almighty jerkand the arm snapped back into the shoulder socket.
So far as he knew, none of the ragtag crew of punker youths he ran with had ever seen even one of the almost-mythic warriors whom Kluge had told them were the knights of his new order.
The first punker had reached the steps leading up to the great hall when from out of the darkness a crossbow bolt smashed through his skull and embedded itself in the heavy timbered doorframe.
Brains and blood bursting out of his forehead and streaming down his face, the punker spun with the impact and fired wildly into the darkness.
Still clutching his sword, Kluge staggered out of the great hall, hacking and slashing at the mailed men in red surcoats, who had made short work of his punker vanguard and now were slowly gaining the edge on his black knights as well.
The heels of the Doc Martens drummed up and down as the punker writhed and gurgled in the agony of death for nearly a minuteto the horrified dismay of his fellow prisoners.
He was wearing kicker boots, punker black leathers, and a lot of chains and badges and things.
I looked like a punker, but it was kind of fun, if you want to know the truth.
Hatch and the psychotic who had killed the young blond punker named Lisa.