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post-punks

post-punks is the plural of post-punk.

Meaning of post-punk

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.

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Questions about post-punks

What is post-punks the plural of?
Post-punks is the plural of post-punk.

Words near post-punks in the dictionary

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

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