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punk rock en · NOUN

Etymology

See punk + rock. First attested in 1970 in reference to rockabilly; possibly coined in its current sense by American music critic Dave Marsh in the May 1971 issue of Creem, from earlier punk music.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A genre of rock music associated with short, loud, energetic songs played on electric guitars and drums and employing angry, offensive, and/or political lyrics.
    • Punk rock died when the first kid said / "Punk's not dead, punk's not dead" 2001, David Berman, “Tennessee”, performed by Silver Jews:

Deriveds

punk-rocky · punker · punk rocker

Hypernyms

rock

Synonyms

punk

Translations (9)

ka პანკ-როკი (rock genre) · ru панк-ро́к (rock genre) · cmn 朋客搖滾樂 /朋客摇滚乐 (rock genre) · mr पंक रॉक (rock genre) · ja パンクロック (rock genre) · fi punkrock (rock genre) · de Punk Rock (rock genre) · ko 펑크 록 (rock genre) · tr punk rock (rock genre)

wikipedia: Dave Marsh · wikipedia: Creem