punk rock

noun

: rock music marked by extreme and often deliberately offensive expressions of alienation and social discontent
punk rocker noun

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Maybe some say punk rock or whatever but anything that was being put out by similarly minded people was indie to me. — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 28 Aug. 2026 Fans and members of the New York City punk rock movement scene are stepping up to help Television trailblazer Richard Lloyd fight a rare form of cancer. — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026 In 2014 and 2016, photographer Dennis Morris accused her of reproducing his photographs of members of the punk rock band Sex Pistols. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Of course, people at the top can profit well before any of that matters which, from at least one vantage point, could seem very punk rock, indeed. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for punk rock

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First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of punk rock was in 1970

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punk rock

noun
: rock music marked by extreme expressions of anger and social discontent

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