noun
    
    plural punks
    
    [count] US informal + disapproving :a rude and violent young man
    
    
    
    [noncount] a kind of loud and intense rock music that was most popular from the late 1970s to the early 1980s - often used before another noun
    
    
    
    
    
    [count] :a person who plays punk rock or who is a fan of punk rock - called also punk rocker