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punk

noun as in hoodlum

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He has been a regular at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the Fortune Global Forum, appeared at Alibaba events dressed as a punk rocker and Michael Jackson, and even performed in a martial arts movie.

From Fortune

I then recorded a punk version using Bruce Smith on drums and I got him to play drums on this really rough and tumble version.

We were skateboarders and listened to punk, but he hardly ever owned a skateboard or showed interest in bands.

From Ozy

Their songs include jazz, funk, punk, hip-hop stylings and the brilliant musicianship of some of the best late-1970s punk and art rock.

From Ozy

It’s called Reasons to Be Cheerful, which comes from a song that came out during the punk era.

He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.

The best, or at least most successful, are bridging the gap between punk-rock DIY ethos and social-media savvy.

Legs McNeil, of Punk magazine fame, once called him “cute” and “charming.”

Her new memoir looks back at her life lived by the principles of punk.

And then, at the close of our conversation, her punk roots reared their head like they had never disappeared.

You c'llect all the old punk that the cons dump out with their dinner pans.

He took a piece of punk from a waterproof box that he carried in his pocket and focussed the sun's rays on it.

Then up comes a sudden wind and some of the red cinders are blown into the dead leaves or punk grass.

Five of them there wasfive lives, and all for one pine tree that turned out punk when it was cut.

Punk moved in and warmed his feet, smiling darkly at the other's volubility which he only half understood, but saying nothing.

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On this page you'll find 53 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to punk, such as: bully, thug, criminal, delinquent, gangster, and goon.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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