punk
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1. rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock (noun.communication)
2. an aggressive and violent young criminal (noun.person)
hyponym | : | bully, |
definition | : | a hired thug (noun.person) |
3. a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture (noun.person)
member meronym | : | punks, |
definition | : | a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes) (noun.group) |
4. material for starting a fire (noun.substance)
5. of very poor quality; flimsy (adj.all)
similar | : | inferior, |
definition | : | of low or inferior quality (adj.all) |
domain usage | : | colloquialism, |
definition | : | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech (noun.communication) |
6. an aggressive and violent young criminal (noun.person)
derivation | : | strong-arm, |
definition | : | use physical force against (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | strong-arm, |
definition | : | handle roughly (verb.social) |
7. material for starting a fire (noun.substance)
8. of very poor quality; flimsy (adj.all)
derivation | : | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, |
definition | : | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person) |
9. an aggressive and violent young criminal (noun.person)
derivation | : | strong-arm, |
definition | : | use physical force against (verb.contact) |
derivation | : | strong-arm, |
definition | : | handle roughly (verb.social) |
10. material for starting a fire (noun.substance)
11. of very poor quality; flimsy (adj.all)
derivation | : | bum, crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, scum bag, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot, |
definition | : | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible (noun.person) |
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