punk Definition

punk
noun

1. A youth-orientated, anti-establishment movement, at its height in the mid- to late-70s, which was characterized by aggressive music and a dress style which included bondage-wear, ripped clothes, vividly coloured hair and the wearing of cheap utility articles (eg safety pins) as ornament on or through various parts of the body.
2. A follower of punk styles or punk rock.
3. punk rock.
(N Amer)
4. A worthless or stupid person.

adj

1. Relating to or characteristic of punk as a movement.
(N Amer)
2. Worthless; inferior.

Etymology: 19c in adj sense 2: perhaps a combination of 16c punk prostitute + 17c punk rotten wood.