Definition of punk
punk 
adjective
- weak or ineffectual.
Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Oct 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 11 2011.
noun
- a disrespectful, rude, or otherwise unpleasant person.
Your kid is a real punk.
A bad punk.
- See more words with the same meaning: insubordinate, disrespectful.
Last edited on Apr 14 2013. Submitted by Good G. from San Francisco, CA, USA on Feb 19 1999.
- a punk rocker.
Yo, that kid's a punk.
- See more words with the same meaning: music (related to).
Last edited on Jan 02 2000. Submitted by Crazy E. from Minnesota, USA on Jan 02 2000.
- a weak person; "sissy".
- See more words with the same meaning: a coward, wimp, weakling.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Fuji from Mesa, AZ, USA on Dec 20 2002.
- a style of dress, attitude, and music.
Sid and Nancy is the punk version of Romeo and Juliet.
- See more words with the same meaning: music (related to).
Last edited on May 16 2011. Submitted by Mattie from Kansas City, KS, USA on Jun 15 2005.
- a law breaker.
Citation from "Smoked", Lie To Me (TV, 2010), Season 3 Episode 8 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Dan On the Run", The Good Guys (TV, 2010), Season 1 Episode 13 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Dec 12 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 30 2010.
- prison slang for a bitch - i.e. a weaker inmate used for sex.
Last edited on Aug 05 2011. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 05 2011.
verb - transitive
- to insult.
Rob punked that kid.
Damn! You got punked.
You just got punked!
Citation from "Doomed!", Ultimate Spider-man (TV), Season 1 Episode 3 blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: to insult, complain, criticize.
Last edited on May 07 2013. Submitted by kenZinaZ from Canada on Nov 11 2001.
- to badly defeat, humiliate, disrespect, etc.
We got punked on the field yesterday.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Josh from Somerville, MA, USA on Jan 17 2002.
- to steal; to take without invitation.
That guy just punked your skateboard.
- See more words with the same meaning: to steal.
Last edited on May 18 2011. Submitted by Jenn R. on Apr 23 2002.
- to intimidate.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by Fuji from Mesa, AZ, USA on Dec 20 2002.
- to steal something of low-ish value.
That kid just punked my CD's!
- See more words with the same meaning: to steal.
Last edited on Nov 26 2010. Submitted by Christine M. from Port Colborne, ON, Canada on Feb 16 2003.
- to orchestrate a successful prank. Popularized by the MTV television series "Punked", hosted by Ashton Kutcher.
I'd love to punk my sister good.
You got punked!
- See more words with the same meaning: pranks (related to).
Last edited on Nov 26 2010. Submitted by Heather I. from Fresno, CA, USA on Oct 12 2004.
- to take advantage of; treat another as an inferior.
The card shark punked me by bidding more than I had.
Mike Tyson sure punked that reporter with a sucker punch.
Last edited on Jul 24 2011. Submitted by jaime on Jan 24 2005.
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| Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: a person who has not had their first kiss or has never French kissed. | |
| Definitions include: Wimp, coward. | |
Other terms relating to 'insubordinate, disrespectful': | |
| Definitions include: extremely nice, of superior quality; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: mean or disrespectful. | |
| Definitions include: verbally disrespectful. | |
| Definitions include: prone to being verbally disrespectful; "mouthy". | |
| Definitions include: prone to being verbally disrespectful; "mouthy". | |
Other terms relating to 'music (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: an area at concerts in which people "mosh." | |
| Definitions include: a musical phrase. | |
| Definitions include: a bad odor. | |
| Definitions include: a fan of the British-Irish boy band One Direction. | |
| Definitions include: a girl with no class, style or dignity. | |
| Definitions include: admission paid to get into a bar, dance club, etc. | |
| Definitions include: annoyed, angry, upset, disappointed. | |
| Definitions include: to say. | |
| Definitions include: to play records. | |
| Definitions include: a pop group whose members are young men. | |
| Definitions include: turntables. | |
| Definitions include: an event with a displeasing outcome. | |
| Definitions include: of a car stereo system, to be loud. | |
| Definitions include: the frequency a song is broadcast. | |
| Definitions include: to perform music enthusiastically. | |
Other terms relating to 'pranks (related to)': | |
| Definitions include: A juvenile who goes and does petty pranks and jokes in the neighborhood. | |
| Definitions include: the act of defecating in the top basin of a toilet bowl causing it to clog. | |
Other terms relating to 'to insult, complain, criticize': | |
| Definitions include: to make fun of. | |
| Definitions include: friend; "dude". | |
| Definitions include: an automobile. | |
| Definitions include: to destroy. | |
| Definitions include: to say unkind things. | |
| Definitions include: to sass. | |
| Definitions include: to criticize. | |
| Definitions include: to masturbate, especially male masturbation. | |
| Definitions include: to criticize. | |
| Definitions include: a rip-off. | |
| Definitions include: to mock, make fun of, kid. Origin: British. | |
| Definitions include: to eat voraciously. | |
| Definitions include: being carried is a type of sarcasm. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "fuck my life." | |
| Definitions include: to smoke marijuana. | |
Other terms relating to 'to steal': | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to rob. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: To steal. | |
| Definitions include: to leave. | |
| Definitions include: to arrest. | |
| Definitions include: to steal. | |
| Definitions include: to sell or transmit stolen "intellectual property" (e.g. software, compact discs, etc.) | |
| Definitions include: to acquire discretely. | |
| Definitions include: a five pound note. | |
| Definitions include: a pretend occurrence during which stealing is permitted. | |
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| Definitions include: (v) 1) to steal. | |
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| Definitions include: a younger punk who is homeless or pretends to be homeless. | |
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