(music, dated slang) Synonym of punk: a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.
Archaic form of punkah.
punkey
punkey
noun
Alternative spelling of punkie (“small two-winged fly or midge”)
punkie
punkie
noun
(South West England, chiefly Somerset) In full punkie lantern: a lantern similar to a jack-o'-lantern consisting of a gourd such as a pumpkin or a root vegetable such as a mangelwurzel or swede which has been hollowed out, in which a candle has been placed; these are chiefly displayed during Punkie Night in late October.
(US) Synonym of pumpkinseed (“a North American sunfish, Lepomis gibbosus”).
(chiefly New England) A small two-winged fly or midge of the family Ceratopogonidae, which bites and then sucks the blood of mammals; a biting midge or sandfly.
