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PUNK ROCK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does punk rock mean?
• PUNK ROCK (noun)
The noun PUNK ROCK has 1 sense:
1. rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
Familiarity information: PUNK ROCK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rock music with deliberately offensive lyrics expressing anger and social alienation; in part a reaction against progressive rock
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
punk; punk rock
Hypernyms ("punk rock" is a kind of...):
rock; rock'n'roll; rock-and-roll; rock 'n' roll; rock and roll; rock music (a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western)
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