Word: punk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from punk (“rotten wood dust used as tinder”), attested since 1678, to anything worthless (attested since 1869) and then to any undesirable person (since 1908). The relatively tame 21st century usage of punk (“prank”, verb) was popularized by the American television show Punk'd (2003). Pronunciation: /ˈpʌŋk/, [ˈpʰʌŋk] 1. One who engages in sexual intercourse Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: My lord, she may be a punk; for many of them are neither maid, widow, nor wife. Example: […] And made them fight, like mad or drunk, / For Dame Religion, as for punk... 2. One who engages in sexual intercourse Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: The Beaus... At night make a Punk of him that's first drunk. 3. One who engages in sexual intercourse Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. One who engages in sexual intercourse Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: They'd pick up youngsters as, well—as their playthings. These kids were called punks. 5. One who engages in sexual intercourse Labels: US, countable, derogatory, uncountable 6. One who engages in sexual intercourse Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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. 7. A worthless person, particularly Labels: US, countable, slang Example: This fellow was just a punk... a nobody. 8. A worthless person Labels: US, countable, humorous, rare, slang, uncountable 9. A worthless person Labels: US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: He said the prisoner called them ‘punk’... He admitted that he shouted ‘punk’ to them. Example: There was nothing so special about the gang, punks are punks. 10. A worthless person Labels: US, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: Do you think a little thing like a scratch would bother me? I'm no punk. Example: 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. A worthless person Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 12. A worthless person Labels: US, countable, slang, uncountable 13. A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: 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. 14. A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 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. Example: 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. 15. A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This emphasis on politics in the personal sphere might be a difference between punk now and punk fifteen years ago. Example: Despite this, Podemos's beginnings are still illuminating to understand punk's scope of influence adequately. 16. A group of associated musical, artistic and social movements emerging out of the counterculture in the 1970s: Labels: countable, in-compounds, uncountable, usually Example: Some of these genres produce unique and intriguing subculture groups, usually referred to as types of "punks": cyberpunk, teslapunk, atompunk, biopunk, etc. Example: 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. 17. A follower of any of these movements, including: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: My girlfriend is a punk and she plays the drums. Example: 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 […] 18. A follower of any of these movements, including: Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A follower of any of these movements, including: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the daily praxis of punk, vegetarianism and veganism are strategies through which many punks combat corporate capitalism, patriarchy, and environmental collapse. 20. A follower of any of these movements, including: Labels: countable, in-compounds, uncountable, usually