punk

punk is a 4-letter English word with 10 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 13 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Wood so decayed as to be dry, crumbly, and useful for tinder; touchwood.
2. noun. A fungus (Polyporus fomentarius, etc.) sometimes dried for tinder; agaric.
3. noun. An artificial tinder. See Amadou, and Spunk.
4. noun. A prostitute; a strumpet.
5. noun. rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
6. noun. an aggressive and violent young criminal

   Synonyms: goon, hood, hoodlum, thug, tough, toughie

7. noun. a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture
8. noun. material for starting a fire

   Synonyms: kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood

9. noun. substance that smolders when ignited; used to light fuses (especially fireworks)
10. adjective. of very poor quality; flimsy

    Synonyms: bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny

Synonyms

goon, hood, hoodlum, thug, tough, toughie, kindling, spunk, tinder, touchwood, bum, cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, sleazy, tinny

Common word forms

punks, punked, punker, punkest, punking

Words from these letters

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