Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cowpunk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cow-punk
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.

Uncountable

noun

A performer in this musical style.

Countable

Example Sentences

"On that record, Bad Pumpkin, they romped around the fringes of hard rock, toying with cowpunk on one side and zanier stuff (a Television-at-the-beach instrumental) on the other."
"At times the group's new album, Drag It Up, fights to find a middle ground between the surging cowpunk of 1997's Too Far to Care and the melodic pop of 2001's Satellite Rides."
"Also known as country punk, cowpunk combines punk rock with folk, country, blues, and rockabilly influences. A wide range of punk bands have evidenced cowpunk tendencies, such as the Blasters, Meat Puppets, Violent Femmes, Social Distortion, the Beat Farmers […] and others."

Etymology

Blend of cowboy + punk, from 1979.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

cowpunks (plural)

Synonyms

country punk

Questions

What does cowpunk mean?: A musical subgenre that combines punk rock with country music, folk music, and blues.
Where does cowpunk come from?: Blend of cowboy + punk, from 1979.

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