PUNK


Meaning of PUNK in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ pʌŋk ]

n. & adj. --n. 1 a a worthless person or thing (often as a general term of abuse). b nonsense. 2 a (in full punk rock) a loud fast-moving form of rock music with crude and aggressive effects. b (in full punk rocker) a devotee of this. 3 US a hoodlum or ruffian. 4 US a passive male homosexual. 5 US an inexperienced person; a novice. 6 soft crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, used as tinder. --adj. 1 worthless, rotten. 2 denoting punk rock and its associations. øøpunky adj. [18th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. SPUNK]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.