PUNKS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does punks mean? 

• PUNKS (noun)
  The noun PUNKS has 1 sense:

1. a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

  Familiarity information: PUNKS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PUNKS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("punks" is a kind of...):

youth subculture (a minority youth culture whose distinctiveness depended largely on the social class and ethnic background of its members; often characterized by its adoption of a particular music genre)

Meronyms (members of "punks"):

punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)