punk rock
nounDefinition of punk rock
: rock music marked by extreme and often deliberately offensive expressions of alienation and social discontent
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Stone made a video appearance during the expo, revealing that the film will be set in London’s punk rock era of the 1970s. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Emma Stone’s punk rock Cruella unveiled, and fans are skeptical," 26 Aug. 2019 Although cities like New York and London are considered the epicenters of punk rock, some of the movement’s powerful exponents were coming out of Austin, Texas. — Tim Sommer, Billboard, "8 Queer Music Milestones You Might Not Know About," 13 Aug. 2019 Emma Stone's Cruella de Vil is significantly more punk rock than her animated counterpart. — NBC News, "Emma Stone's Cruella de Vil is more punk rock than her animated counterpart," 24 Aug. 2019 The design is a coat of arms that represents the circa-1100s Visconti family of Milan, when things were apparently very punk rock. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Miley Cyrus Got a Very Badass New Tattoo," 22 Aug. 2019 The packaging has a DIY aesthetic, in unexpected color combinations — bright white and Sharpie black on muted earth tones — that is a little bit punk rock and a little bit Matisse. — Rachel Sugar, Vox, "Oatly and the quest for the perfect alt-milk," 14 Aug. 2019 Tony Pence knew that this history ran deeper than what most punk rock fans, including those in Baltimore, ever realized. — Sameer Rao, baltimoresun.com, "One man’s story story of Baltimore punk rock in 5 artifacts," 31 July 2019 Susannah was smitten with punk rock and all manners of bohemia. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Susannah Hunnewell, Paris Review publisher and a deft editor and interviewer, dies at 52," 25 June 2019 Lydia is the lead vocalist and guitarist of a punk rock band called The Regrettes. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "Here Are All the "13 Reasons Why" Stars' Relationship Statuses IRL," 9 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'punk rock.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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