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- noun Plural form of
punk . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
punk .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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)
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Examples
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Do you really think the lives of 5 street punks is with the life of one surgeon?
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LOL call you own staff members punks is not going to get you any where. so where are they the banks going to let you golf at?
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The arrogance of those punks is not patriotism it is the result of unbridled greed.
Think Progress » Rule Changes Allow Police To Arrest War Protestors Near Crawford 2005
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Entitled punks are the new American majority, Brooks claims, in slightly different words.
Claire Gordon: The Narcissism Myth Claire Gordon 2011
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Entitled punks are the new American majority, Brooks claims, in slightly different words.
Claire Gordon: The Narcissism Myth Claire Gordon 2011
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Entitled punks are the new American majority, Brooks claims, in slightly different words.
Claire Gordon: The Narcissism Myth Claire Gordon 2011
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It is high time to call the punks and thugs out into the open.
Solidarity 2007
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A cursory listen to My Aim Is True proves that the main connection that Costello had with the punks was his unbridled passion.
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Helping those that choose to be on the street, ie. the young "punks" you descibe is not satisfying at all.
Travelling panhandlers can f--k right off Tyler 2009
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The commercial was a 30-second spot in which a group of teenagers "punks," according to my husband rush into the home of one of the boys in the group.
Judith Acosta, LISW, CHT: Narcissism: The New Normal? Judith Acosta 2010
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