punkier; punkiest
: resembling punk in being soft or rotted
punkiness
noun
: resembling or typical of a punk
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Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Pugh swept her hair back into a punky blonde updo with a deep side part and accessorized with an earring stack and a nose ring.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
Enter a punky repairman named Krong (Wanlop Rungkumjad), who arrives to explain what’s going on.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Martin Scorsese evidently picked up on her offbeat intensity, casting her as a punky ice-cream-truck driver in one of his weirdest and most fun films, After Hours.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
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Adjective
At 41, Sarah sports a two-inch-long soft, spiked, punky hairdo.
—Gerald Witt, AJC.com, 1 Mar. 2026
Pugh swept her hair back into a punky blonde updo with a deep side part and accessorized with an earring stack and a nose ring.
—Meg Walters, InStyle, 18 Feb. 2026
Enter a punky repairman named Krong (Wanlop Rungkumjad), who arrives to explain what’s going on.
—Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
Martin Scorsese evidently picked up on her offbeat intensity, casting her as a punky ice-cream-truck driver in one of his weirdest and most fun films, After Hours.
—Judy Berman, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Punky.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/punky. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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