punk
Meanings
noun
- One who engages in sexual intercourse
- A female prostitute.
- A boy or younger man who engages in sexual intercourse by an older man as a (usually passive) homosexual partner.
- A passive or effeminate homosexual man.
- A boy who accompanies a hobo, especially as used for sex.
- A male homosexual.
- A man forced or coerced into a homosexual relationship, especially in prison.
- A worthless person, particularly
- A worthless person
- Any person, especially a male comrade.
- A petty criminal, especially a juvenile delinquent.
- A weak, timid person.
adj
- Worthless, contemptible, particularly
- Bad, substandard.
- Thuggish, criminal.
- Cowardly.
- Poorly, sickly.
- Inexperienced.
- Of or concerning punk rock or its associated subculture.
verb
- To pimp.
- To forcibly perform anal sex upon (an unwilling partner).
- To prank.
- To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
- To adapt or embellish in the style of the punk movement.
noun
- Any material used as tinder for lighting fires, such as agaric, dried wood, or touchwood, but especially wood altered by certain fungi.
- A utensil for lighting wicks or fuses (such as those of fireworks) resembling stick incense.
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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).
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