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 iconic New York music venue CBGB is the ultimate contrast as the noted birthplace of American punk rock music. —Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Bruce Loose, the vocalist and bassist of the influential San Francisco punk rock and hardcore band Flipper, has died, the band’s drummer Stephen DePace confirmed in an email to Pitchfork. —Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Sep. 2025

Free jazz, the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, punk rock, No Wave, and the early rock of the Sixties and Seventies were our influences. —Kim Gordon, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025

So, Orange County in the late 1970s and early 1980s seems a peculiarly unlikely place to have a hardcore punk rock scene. —Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025

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