punk |pə ng k|noun1 informal a worthless person (often used as a general term of abuse).• a criminal or hoodlum.• derogatory (in prison slang) a passive male homosexual.• an inexperienced young person; a novice.2 (also punk rock) a loud, fast-moving, and aggressive form of rock music, popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s.• (also punk rocker) an admirer or player of such music, typically characterized by colored spiked hair and clothing decorated with safety pins or zippers.3 soft, crumbly wood that has been attacked by fungus, sometimes used as tinder.adjective1 informal in poor or bad condition : I felt too punk to eat.2 of or relating to punk rock and its associated subculture : a punk band |a punk haircut.DERIVATIVESpunkish adjectivepunky adjectiveORIGIN late 17th cent. (sense 3) : perhaps, in some senses, related to archaic punk [prostitute,] also to spunk .