punk out (English, verb)
expansion: punk out (third-person singular simple present punks out, present participle punking out, simple past and past participle punked out)
Senses:
glosses: To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.
tags: intransitive
slang
qualifier: almost always used in the passive voice
glosses: To treat as a punk (either as a worthless person or the bottom in a male-male relationship, especially a nonconsenting prison relationship).
tags: slang
transitive
Forms:
form: punks out
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: punking out
tags: participle
present
form: punked out
tags: participle
past
form: punked out
tags: past