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post-punk

post-punk noun: a rock music genre that followed punk rock and was more artistic and experimental, laying the foundations for alternative rock.

Noun

post-punk (countable and uncountable, plural post-punks)

  1. A rock music genre that followed punk rock and was more artistic and experimental, laying the foundations for alternative rock.
    • Its tight, jabby songs, influenced equally by minimalist post-punk and sentimental white soul, end just when you think you’ve figured them out.2008 April 4, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) A performer or aficionado of post-punk music.

Adjective

post-punk (not comparable)

  1. After the punk movement.

Forms of post-punk

pluralpost-punks
alternative formpostpunk

Origin of post-punk

From post- + punk.

Words formed from post-punk

Questions about post-punk

What does post-punk mean?
Post-punk means a rock music genre that followed punk rock and was more artistic and experimental, laying the foundations for alternative rock.
What part of speech is post-punk?
Post-punk can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of post-punk?
The plural of post-punk is post-punks.

Words near post-punk in the dictionary

  1. post-processes
  2. post-processing
  3. post-production
  4. post-productions
  5. post-pubescent
  6. post-punk
  7. post-punk revival
  8. post-punks
  9. post-qualified
  10. post-quantum
  11. post-racial

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