punker

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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

punk +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

punker (plural punkers)

  1. (music, dated slang) Synonym of punk (a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre)
    • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      Four big hippie bikers were out there drinking & eyeing up the punkers.
    • 1988 July 29, Diana Spinrad, “Burnin' With the 8 Ball”, in Chicago Reader:
      And famous punker Joe Strummer figures prominently in Mercury's life.
    • 2006, John De Herrera, The Kingsnake in the Sun, page 72:
      She was a crack-up, she thought she was such a punker. She always had some punk group on her headset.

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

punker (plural punkers)

  1. Archaic form of punkah.

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either borrowed from English punker or natively formed from punk +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʏŋ.kər/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pun‧ker

Noun[edit]

punker m (plural punkers)

  1. (music) A punk (fan of punk rock, member of the punk subculture); (by extension) anyone with a mohawk or a similar distinct hairstyle.
    Synonym: punk

Estonian[edit]

Noun[edit]

punker (genitive punkri, partitive punkrit)

  1. bunker

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Noun[edit]

punker m (definite singular punkeren, indefinite plural punkere, definite plural punkerne)

  1. punk (punk rocker)