punky

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
16
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈpʌŋki/
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/ˈpʌŋki/ · /ˈpəŋ-/

Definition of punky

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.
    “He said nothing, rousing himself once in a while to go through his hunting gear or repair a packstrap, and he even hollowed out a punky log with a hatchet for some use I couldn't divine.”
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adj

  1. Of or pertaining to punk (touchwood); rotted or soft.
    “He said nothing, rousing himself once in a while to go through his hunting gear or repair a packstrap, and he even hollowed out a punky log with a hatchet for some use I couldn't divine.”
  2. Of or pertaining to the punk subculture.
    “a punky hairstyle”
    “It was mainly men who attended the event and of the women there, most came with gay men and appeared to be faghags. In fact, when the dancing started, the scene looked more like a punky hetero event, except for the presence of a few queens and fairies.”

noun

  1. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of punkie (“small two-winged fly or midge; lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern”).
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of punkie (“pumpkinseed fish”).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From punk + -y.

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