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punk

/ˈpʌŋk/ verb C2
  1. To pimp. (slang)
  2. To forcibly perform anal sex upon (an unwilling partner). (slang, transitive) · Ricky punked his new cell-mates.
  3. To prank. (slang, transitive) · I got expelled when I punked the principal.
  4. 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.
  5. To adapt or embellish in the style of the punk movement. (transitive)

He/she/it punks · Past punked · Past participle punked · -ing form punking

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Verb forms

Base form
punk
He/she/it
punks
Past
punked
Past participle
punked
-ing form
punking

From the library

But don’t forget to burn a few punk sticks in the joss house to the great god Mazuma from time to time.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 11 · C1

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