You're probably going to think this is a joke, but I was a punk rocker when I was a kid.
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Punk
//pʌŋk//
Synonyms for "punk" (321 found)
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Noun(28 words)
dicklickerdoinkdrabdudefellowfritlaggadgiegategay mangeezergigologloakgood-for-nothinggooeygoongunselguyharlothedge whorehoe
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dirtydissatisfactorydummydykeelfenfant terriblefagfaggotfairyfemmefigureheadflitfourth classfourth-classfricatricefruitgamingerman tindergodawfulgoon
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goshawfulgrimgunselhadhairyhogwashholy terrorhomohomophilehomosexualhomosexualisthoodhoodlumhooliganhotickyimpinferiorinsignificancyinvertirregularjackstrawjdjerkwaterjockjuvenile delinquentkindlinglesbianlightweightlittle fellowlittle guylittle monkeylousylow classlow gradelow testlow-classlow-gradelow-qualitylow-test
Adjective(3 words)
Related words (160)
man in the streetman of strawmeanmeaslymediocritymickey mouseminxmuckermugnancenebbishnigglingnobodynobody one knowsnonentitynonsensenothingnoviceobscurityone horse
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one-horsepaltrypansypathicpettifoggingpettypicayunepicayunishpiddlingpifflingpip squeakpip-squeakpokypoorpuckpunk kidpunk rockpunk rockerpunypussyboyputridpyrotechnic spongequeenqueerrottenroughroughneckrowdyruffianruntsapphistscrew upscrubsecond bestsecond classsecond ratesecond-bestsecond-classseedyshabbyshittyshrimpsmall frysmall potatosmall potatoessmall timesmall-beersmall-timespoiled bratspunksquirtsquitstinkingstinkytackythird classthird ratethird-classthird-ratethugtindertinder fungustinderboxtinhorntinnytouchwoodtoughtribadetwo-bittwo-by-fourunimportantunsatisfactoryupurchinvandalvomitywhiffetwhippersnapperworthlesswrongyahooyecchy
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1 entriesTranslations
83 translations across 26 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- بَانْك noun (short form of punk rock)
- بَانْك noun (punk social movement)
- بَانْك noun (punk social movement)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 朋克 noun (short form of punk rock)
- 朋克 noun (punk social movement)
- 朋克搖滾樂師 /朋克摇滚乐师 noun (punk rocker)
- 朋客搖滾樂手 /朋客摇滚乐手 noun (punk rocker)
Czech
4 entries- grázl noun (petty criminal)
- hnutí punk noun (punk social movement)
- mladistvý delikvent noun (petty criminal)
- pankáč noun (punk rocker)
Dutch
3 entries- nietsnut noun (worthless person)
- punk noun (short form of punk rock)
- punk noun (punk rocker)
Esperanto
1 entries- punko noun (short form of punk rock)
Finnish
4 entries- juippi noun (petty criminal)
- ketku noun (worthless person)
- pikkurikollinen noun (petty criminal)
- punk noun (short form of punk rock)
French
4 entries- keupon noun (punk rocker)
- keupone noun (punk rocker)
- morpion noun (worthless person)
- petit con noun (worthless person)
Galician
1 entries- punk noun (punk social movement)
Georgian
2 entries- პანკ-როკერი noun (punk rocker)
- პანკი noun (punk rocker)
German
3 entries- Punk noun (short form of punk rock)
- Punk noun (punk social movement)
- Punker noun (punk rocker)
Hebrew
1 entries- פאנק noun (short form of punk rock)
Hindi
1 entries- पंक noun (short form of punk rock)
Icelandic
2 entries- pönk noun (short form of punk rock)
- pönkari noun (punk rocker)
Italian
3 entries- impiastro noun (worthless person)
- teppista noun (petty criminal)
- teppistello noun (petty criminal)
Japanese
2 entries- パンク noun (short form of punk rock)
- パンク noun (punk social movement)
Kazakh
1 entries- панк noun (short form of punk rock)
Korean
1 entries- 펑크 noun (short form of punk rock)
Marathi
3 entries- पंक noun (short form of punk rock)
- पंक noun (punk rocker)
- पंक noun (punk social movement)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- punk noun (short form of punk rock)
- punker noun (punk rocker)
- pønk noun (short form of punk rock)
- pønker noun (punk rocker)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- punk noun (short form of punk rock)
- punker noun (punk rocker)
- pønk noun (short form of punk rock)
- pønkar noun (punk rocker)
Polish
1 entries- śmieć noun (worthless person)
Portuguese
4 entries- bandidinho noun (petty criminal)
- delinquente noun (petty criminal)
- imprestável noun (worthless person)
- punk noun (short form of punk rock)
Russian
4 entries- ничтожество noun (worthless person)
- опущенный noun (receiving partner in a male-male sexual relationship — see also bottom)
- панк noun (short form of punk rock)
- панк noun (punk rocker)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- pank noun (short form of punk rock)
Spanish
1 entries- punk noun (punk rocker)
Swedish
2 entries- punk noun (short form of punk rock)
- punkare noun (punk rocker)
Sample sentences
57 total sentences available.
Tom only listens to punk rock.
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I used to be a planner, but now I'm a wreckless punk.
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He listened to his old punk records nostalgically.
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