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Definitions for Punker

[1] a punk rock musician or a devotee of punk rock or punk styles.
[2] Slang . something or someone worthless or unimportant. a young ruffian; hoodlum. an inexperienced youth. a young male partner of a homosexual. an apprentice, especially in the building trades. Prison Slang . a boy.
[3] punk rock.
[4] a style or movement characterized by the adoption of aggressively unconventional and often bizarre or shocking clothing, hairstyles, makeup, etc., and the defiance of social norms of behavior, usually associated with punk rock musicians and fans.
[5] a punker.
[6] Archaic . a prostitute.
[7] Informal . poor in quality or condition.
[8] of, relating to, or characteristic of punk rock: a punk band.
[9] pertaining to, characteristic of, or adopting punk styles: punk youths; punk hairstyles in various colors.
[10] a youth movement of the late 1970s, characterized by anti-Establishment slogans and outrageous clothes and hairstyles an adherent of punk short for punk rock (as modifier ) a punk record
[11] an inferior, rotten, or worthless person or thing
[12] worthless articles collectively
[13] a petty criminal or hoodlum
[14] obsolete a young male homosexual; catamite
[15] obsolete a prostitute
[16] inferior, rotten, or worthless
[17] dried decayed wood that smoulders when ignited: used as tinder
[18] any of various other substances that smoulder when ignited, esp one used to light fireworks

Words related to Punker

unpleasant, unlucky, lousy, diseased, sour, crummy, amiss, nasty, dirty, new, budding, youthful, inexperienced, raw, juvenile, tenderfoot, adolescent, crude, modern, punk

Words nearby Punker

punji stake, punk, punk rock, punka, punkah, punker, punkie, punkin, punky, punner, punnet

Origin of Punker

2First recorded in 1590–1600; of obscure origin; the sense development is apparently “prostitute” > “catamite” > “hoodlum”; the adj. “poor in quality” (1896) is unclearly derived and perhaps a distinct word

Word origin for Punker

C18: of uncertain origin

Synonyms for Punker

amiss, crummy, dirty, diseased, lousy, nasty, sour, unlucky, unpleasant, base, below par, bruised, bum, contemptible, defective, deplorable, disagreeable, disappointing, displeasing, dissatisfactory, filthy, impaired, inadequate, injured, low-grade, mean, poor, punk, regrettable, rough, scurrilous, shaky, sorry, substandard, unacceptable, unfortunate, unhappy, unsatisfactory, unsound, vile, wasted, wicked, withering, wrong