punk rock
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- noun
- /pʌŋk rɑk/
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punk
- The sounds of joyful punk rock fill the car.
- punk rock band
I played punk rock guitar, OK, power chords, things like that.
- I played punk rock guitar, OK, power chords, things like that.
- I found my refuge in my new obsessions, poetry and punk rock.
- Much like my brothers John, Joseph and Toby Morse, Raganath is a straight edge punk rock icon.
- So it was a free magazine, but we lived off advertising and it was that punk rock ethos of no is not an option.
- She was wearing like a Lacoste dress, like a tennis dress to a punk rock concert.
- So I took that energy that I've always had in me for fish, for tropical birds, skateboarding, punk rock music eventually is biology.
- And now we're making punk rock non conformist stars out of mediocre minds.
- Scorched Grace is about a nun who is sort of like a punk rock nun.
Examples
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Your dad was a punk-rock legend.
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And, I guess, early queer culture... was kind of born in punk rock, I always thought.
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I know of some punk rock groups, you know.
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Did you know he has a punk rock band now?
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So I have to ask: why is there no online music equivalent of punk rock?
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I played punk rock guitar, OK, power chords, things like that.
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To me, it was the closest thing to punk rock that I've ever experienced.
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And so I embraced punk rock and new wave and became an obsessive punk rock new wave fan.
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I like punk rock!
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Punk rock emerged in the 1970s with fast tempos and aggressive melodies, showcasing punk rock as a distinct music genre.
Synonyms
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A style of loud, fast rock music or a person who likes that music
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'punk rock' is directly compositional: it denotes the rock music genre associated with punk, combining the subgenre label 'punk' with the broader category 'rock'. This straightforward noun-noun compound follows common morphological patterns (and has direct equivalents in other languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Punk rock comes from combining punk (an insult for a 'troublemaker') and rock (the music). In the 1970s young bands made fast, raw songs and used punk to show a rude, rebellious style, so punk rock came to mean loud, angry music that refuses to follow the rules.