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Type Words
Synonyms punk rock
Type of rock-and-roll, rock, rock'n'roll, rock 'n' roll, rock and roll, rock music
Type Words
Synonyms punk rocker
Type of adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager
Type Words
Synonyms kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood
Type of ignitor, igniter, lighter
Type Words
Synonyms goon, hood, hoodlum, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie
Type of malefactor, outlaw, criminal, crook, felon
Has types bully
Type Words
Synonyms bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny
Type Words
Type of lighter, ignitor, igniter

Examples of punk

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When it came time to put together our own music, we all loved pop-punk, as well.
From the usatoday.com
Fubar opened in 2008 and brings in local and touring punk, metal and rock bands.
From the stltoday.com
That's why punk was around, and that moved into what we now know as alternative.
From the kentucky.com
Trash, which set the template for punk, might just be the genre's greatest song.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Yusef is scandalised to see one Muslim punk wearing a Star of David on his back.
From the guardian.co.uk
The film chornicles the origin of punk rock and its cultural and musical impact.
From the sacbee.com
The punk scene here does grate heavily on modern Chinese society's expectations.
From the time.com
A grinning punk shoots a sheriff and takes two reform-school girls on a joyride.
From the post-gazette.com
Obama is a punk and his so called friends he hires for these jobs are punks too.
From the washingtontimes.com
More examples
  • Bum: of very poor quality; flimsy
  • Hood: an aggressive and violent young criminal
  • Substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
  • Kindling: material for starting a fire
  • Punk rocker: a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
  • Punk rock: rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
  • A number of cyberpunk derivatives have become recognized as distinct subgenres in speculative fiction. ...
  • A punk is a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuses. It is safer than a match or a lighter because it can be used from a greater distance and does not use an open flame. Punks often resemble sticks of incense. ...
  • PUNK magazine was a fanzine created by cartoonist John Holmstrom, publisher Ged Dunn and "resident punk" Legs McNeil in 1975. ...