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punking out

punking out is the present participle and gerund 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 punking out

What is punking out the present participle and gerund of?
Punking out is the present participle and gerund of punk out.

Words near punking out in the dictionary

  1. punkily
  2. punkin
  3. punkin chunkin
  4. punkiness
  5. punking
  6. punking out
  7. punkins
  8. punkish
  9. punkishly
  10. punkishness
  11. punkitude

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Adapted from Wiktionary: punking 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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