Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

punker

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: punker
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of punk (“a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre”).

Dated; Slang

noun

Archaic form of punkah.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"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."
"And famous punker Joe Strummer figures prominently in Mercury's life."
"She was a crack-up, she thought she was such a punker. She always had some punk group on her headset."

Etymology

From punk + -er.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Music.

Inflected Forms

punkers (plural)

Phrases

pop-punker

Synonyms

punk

Rhymes With

bunker hunker junker dunker clunker spelunker chunker tunker thunker

Questions

What does punker mean?: Synonym of punk (“a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre”).
Where does punker come from?: From punk + -er.

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