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Meanings of punk in English
Synonyms
Examples for "tough"
Examples for "tough"
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But tough conditions could continue for longer in some regions, he said.
2
The Hungarian parliament last week passed tough new legislation on illegal immigrants.
3
However, the rest of the national daily market suffered a tough October.
4
Talk to the public information officer. Abrams' voice belied his tough talk.
5
They have responded to the tough sugar market conditions in different ways.
1
The changes do not represent the introduction of new under-the-hood search technology.
2
And you have this long hood sort of connoting power and engine.
3
He casually placed one hand on the hood and said, Nice car.
4
A second later another went by, this time ending at the hood.
5
The power control module is the only thing visible under the hood.
1
The police and thug violence became a regular fixture of anti-government protests.
2
This isn't one of the usual thug crime capers they're used to.
3
Sherman was most concerned by the people who called him a thug.
4
People often still see him as the thug he portrayed in Tsotsi.
5
Don't tell me the Brotherhood can't deal with a single lowborn thug.
1
So why on Earth would that corporate goon have said five years?
2
We play with the cards and drink goon.Night-life is not so good.
3
RELATED: Australia's chaotic border rules explained South Australians invented the goon bag.
4
Next to me, Ralph got a similar treatment from Alex the goon.
5
You underestimated me when you sent the goon squad out last night.
1
Korshak had numerous associations that gave him purchase with Chicago's hoodlum crowd.
2
He had been a hoodlum there, and had helped to hang Chinese.
3
He's a young hoodlum who makes it big and then he's erased.
4
Whereupon seven hoodlum students waited a decent moment, then shrieked with laughter.
5
Billy was a mucker, a hoodlum, a gangster, a thug, a tough.
1
She was a toughie, lived in our street, I used to write mash notes to.
2
She's a toughie! This is her weekly workout routine, which includes one rest day on Sundays.
3
It was a toughie, but you came through.
4
She was the toughie in the family.
5
Well, air resistance makes that a toughie.
Portuguese
punk A teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture.
Usage of punk in English
1
As for Bolton, he defines 'punk' in terms of how it looks.
2
The punk-at-heart trio won't stop making new music anytime soon, Armstrong says.
3
The parasite is not just a punk out having a good time.
4
That's why it's often compared to the punk rock movement, he said.
5
What he cherished about punk four decades ago was the DIY aspect.
6
Yes, pop punk played with vim and vigour is no longer fashionable.
7
This week, looking at a punk documentary - and a gallery refreshed.
8
I think probably both Damien and Tracey really grasped the punk thing.
9
In summary: It's been a big year for this Leeds-based grime-punk five-piece.
10
Johnny was smiling down at Nino; they had shown the punk doctor.
11
The Ultramods, an independent punk duo, recently released its album Underwear Party.
12
Voltaire Voltaire was the icon-at-large and philosopher-punk of the Age of Reason.
13
It's windy and the great punk poet is worried about his barnet.
14
It's shouty garage-punk with a dodgy surf quality to the title tune.
15
He said: Some punk busted Fayo and a couple of the boys.
16
With help from Jon Langford of country-punk trailblazers the Mekons, he succeeded.
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