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. punky adj.
[ 18th c.: orig. unkn.: cf. SPUNK ]