punk
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9.9
- noun
- /pʌŋk/
- Specialized
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- Frightened, I shrugged off my pack, switching Skava from one wrist to the other, and fumbled about for flint, iron, punk, and a candle.
I'd, I'd have like a punk, which is this thing that burns.
- I'd, I'd have like a punk, which is this thing that burns.
Examples
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It was called a punk.
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When I got there, Gutless Wonder was touching a long piece of smoking punk to a firecracker Sid Glotter held.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'd, I'd have like a punk, which is this thing that burns.
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The campers used punk to help start their fire quickly in the damp conditions.
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To light the fireworks, he carefully placed a piece of punk under the fuse.
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She always kept some punk in her emergency kit for starting fires when camping.
Synonyms
15
4.5
Dry material that lights easily to start a fire
9
2.2
Small dry sticks used to start a fire
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9.9
A dry material used to start a fire
Dry wood used to start a fire
Compounds
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4.2
A young person who plays or likes loud, fast guitar music and dresses in leather with spiked hair
Surface Forms
Etymology
Punk for dry tinder comes from an old word for soft, dry wood that burns slowly, like a spongy 'tinder' used to start fires. So punk is the dry material people used to light a campfire.