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punkadelic

punkadelic adjective: having the coolness or style of punk rock or punk rockers.

Adjective

punkadelic (comparative more punkadelic, superlative most punkadelic)

  1. (slang) Having the coolness or style of punk rock or punk rockers.
    • The punkadelic Skunks have been at it in Austin for four years.1983 February, Pepi Plowman, “Thunder Claps”, in Texas Monthly, page 146
    • Instead the material is perfectly executed punkadelic glam-bop burnished with a healthy dose of metallic insolence.1987 April, Judge I-Rankin', “Underground”, in Spin, page 41

Forms of punkadelic

comparativemore punkadelic
superlativemost punkadelic

Origin of punkadelic

From punk + -adelic.

Questions about punkadelic

What does punkadelic mean?
Punkadelic means having the coolness or style of punk rock or punk rockers.
What part of speech is punkadelic?
Punkadelic is an adjective.

Words near punkadelic in the dictionary

  1. punk-pop
  2. punk-rocky
  3. punka
  4. punkabillies
  5. punkabilly
  6. punkadelic
  7. punkah
  8. punkahs
  9. punkahwallah
  10. punkahwallahs
  11. Punkalaidun

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