punking
/ˈpʌŋkɪŋ/
punking is the present participle and gerund of punk.
Meaning of punk
Verb
punk (third-person singular simple present punks, present participle punking, simple past and past participle punked)
- To pimp.
- To forcibly perform anal sex upon (an unwilling partner).
- Ricky punked his new cell-mates.
- To prank.
- I got expelled when I punked the principal.
- To give up or concede; to act like a wimp.
- Jimmy was going to help me with the prank, but he punked (out) at the last minute.
- To adapt or embellish in the style of the punk movement.
- Suzy, a pump young woman with sparkling brown eyes and punked hair tucked behind her ears, said blankly, "What?"1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 60
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Questions about punking
- What is punking the present participle and gerund of?
- Punking is the present participle and gerund of punk.
- How do you pronounce punking?
- Punking is pronounced /ˈpʌŋkɪŋ/.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: punking (page history and authors); punk (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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