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Punk or punks may refer to:

Genres, subculture, and related aspects

* Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres
* Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture such as:
** Punk fashion
** Punk ideologies
** Punk literature
** Punk visual art

Writing genres

* Cyberpunk derivatives, subgenres of speculative fiction with universes built on one particular technology that is extrapolated to a highly sophisticated level, a gritty transreal urban style, or a particular approach to social themes
** Cyberpunk, a science fiction subgenre with a computers-focused setting
*** Biopunk
*** Nanopunk
*** Postcyberpunk
** Steampunk, a science fiction subgenre that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery
*** Atompunk
*** Clockpunk
*** Dieselpunk
** Splatterpunk, a movement within horror fiction in the 1980s, distinguished by its graphic, often gory, depiction of violence
** Solarpunk, an emerging genre of fiction with themes of sustainability and ecology as solutions to global challenges.

People

* Punk (video game player) (born 1999), professional ''Street Fighter V'' player
* CM Punk (born 1978), American retired professional wrestler and mixed martial artist

Arts, entertainment and media

* Punks (film), ''Punks'' (film), a 2000 film centered on a group of LGBT African American friends
* ''P.U.N.K.S.'', a 1999 movie about a group of bullied teens who find a suit created by a scientist
* Punk (Chai album), ''Punk'' (Chai album), 2019
* Punk (Young Thug album), ''Punk'' (Young Thug album), 2021
* "Punk", a song from the 2001 Gorillaz Gorillaz (album), self-titled debut album
* "Punk", a song from the 2003 Ferry Corsten album ''Right of Way (album), Right of Way''
* Punk (magazine), ''Punk'' (magazine), a 1970s United States punk music magazine
* ''The Encyclopedia of Punk'', a 2006 reference work by Brian Cogan
* Punk (TV series), ''Punk'' (TV series), an American documentary television series

Other uses

* Punk (fireworks), a smoldering stick used for lighting firework fuse
* Punk, a colloquialism for the cattail reed, genus ''Typha''
* Punkwood, rotted or fungus-infested wood which is brittle and crumbly.
*List of Mega Man characters#Mega Man Killers, Punk, an evil robot from the Mega Man series

See also

* Donny the Punk (1946–1996), United States prison reform activist
* ''Punk'd'', an MTV hidden-camera television program

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