Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The noun punk refers to a miscreant. In prison slang, punk refers to someone who is treated as a sexual submissive. Punk rock, named in reference to the above term, is a largely musical movement that arose in the late 1970s and reached its peak in the early 1980s. See also Punk fashion This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.