punk rock

noun

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

punk rocker noun

Examples of punk rock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The crowd is packed not only with devoted fans and freaks, but fellow musicians who also emerged from the punk rock underground decades earlier. — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 20 July 2026

Billy Bones plays in a punk rock motorbike concept band called The Vicious Cycles. — Kyle Devine, Longreads, 14 July 2026

David Baerwald is an American songwriter, composer, lyricist, and novelist, whose work has spanned 1970s punk rock, award-winning solo recordings, Grammy-winning mega-hits, orchestral film music, and literary fiction. — Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

The invite-only event was being hosted by Satisfy, the French running brand with a punk rock aesthetic. — Grace Cook, Vogue, 7 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1970, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for punk rock

• alcock
• beanstalk
• bedrock
• boardwalk
• catwalk
• cornstalk
• crosswalk
• deadlock
• feedstock
• fetlock
• flintlock
• goshawk

Kids Definition

punk rock

noun

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