skatepunk
skatepunk noun: a fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.
Noun
skatepunk (countable and uncountable, plural skatepunks)
- A fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.
- Similar to how Green Day, The Offspring, and Rancid brought the early 90s punk revival to the top of alternative rock, blink-182 took skate-punk to the masses in 1999 with Enema of the State.2021, Mike Damante, Hey Suburbia: A Guide to the Emo/Pop-Punk Rise, Di Angelo Publications, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- skatecore
- A member of the skateboarding subculture that listens to punk music.
- Nothing was moving out there except falling snow, a Finch bus and insufficiently dressed skatepunks.2008, Rebecca Rosenblum, Once, page 113
Synonyms of skatepunk
Forms of skatepunk
| plural | skatepunks |
|---|---|
| alternative form | skate punk |
| alternative form | skate-punk |
Origin of skatepunk
From skate + punk, from its popularity among skateboarders.
Questions about skatepunk
- What does skatepunk mean?
- Skatepunk means a fast, intense, melodic form of hardcore punk music, associated with skateboarding culture.
- What part of speech is skatepunk?
- Skatepunk is a noun.
- What is the plural of skatepunk?
- The plural of skatepunk is skatepunks.
Words near skatepunk in the dictionary
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