From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Music, Youth, Crimepunkpunk /pʌŋk/ noun1[uncountable] (also punk rock)APM a type of loudmusicpopular in the late 1970s and 1980s2[countable] (also punk rocker)SSY someone who likes punk music and wears things that are typical of it, such as tornclothes, metalchains, and coloured hairpunk hairstyles3[countable] American English informalSCC a young man who fights and breaks the law4[uncountable] American EnglishSUBSTANCE a substance that burns without a flame that is used to light fireworks etcExamples from the Corpuspunk• Think of them as a punkDireStraits.• Guys like that, cheappunks, are easy enough to handle when you feel up to it.• A couple of punks on the far side, also waiting to cross, were pointing at the oblivious Slater and laughing.• Which is fine -- we enjoy a good debate in print, sensationalist punks that we are.• Take punk, it was all about a tightnucleus of bands who were all mates.• I'd like to find the punk who broke off my car antenna.• All these punks are the same.Originpunk1. (1900-2000) Perhaps from punk"prostitute"((16-20 centuries)). 2. (1600-1700) Perhaps from spunk"material for lighting fires"; → SPUNK