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punked out

punked out is the simple past and past participle of punk out.

Meaning of punk out

Verb

punk out (third-person singular simple present punks out, present participle punking out, simple past and past participle punked out)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult.
    • When the going got tough, he punked out.
  2. (slang, transitive, almost always used in the passive voice) To treat as a punk (either as a worthless person or the bottom in a male-male relationship, especially a nonconsenting prison relationship).
    • He knew if he didn't stand up for himself, he'd be punked out by someone stronger.

Questions about punked out

What is punked out the simple past and past participle of?
Punked out is the simple past and past participle of punk out.

Words near punked out in the dictionary

  1. punkas
  2. punkaw
  3. punkaws
  4. punkdom
  5. punked
  6. punked out
  7. punker
  8. punkers
  9. punkest
  10. punkette
  11. punkettes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punked out (page history and authors); punk out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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