Meanings
nounphonk (uncountable)
- uncountableA style of music derived from hip-hop and trap music, directly inspired by 1990s Memphis rap.
Artists such as DJ Screw, a hip-hop DJ originally from Texas, initially championed phonk by using this palette of sounds in their mixtapes – and helped popularise the style through the mid-’90s.
2024 April 15, Andy Ward, Briony Luttrell, Lachlan Goold, “How a global crisis, drift racing and Memphis hip-hop gave us phonk – the music of the TikTok generation”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2024 - uncountableDrift phonk.
By smashing together components of hip-hop, EDM, metal and dubstep, phonk is placed as one of the most prominent new genres of music.
2024 April 15, Andy Ward, Briony Luttrell, Lachlan Goold, “How a global crisis, drift racing and Memphis hip-hop gave us phonk – the music of the TikTok generation”, in The Conversation, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2024
Origin
Alteration of funk.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فُونْكْ
- فُونْكْ (fūnk)a style of music derived from hip-hop and trap music
Japanese フォンク
- フォンク (fonku)a style of music derived from hip-hop and trap music
Russian фонк
- фонк (fonk)a style of music derived from hip-hop and trap music
Spanish phonk
- phonka style of music derived from hip-hop and trap music
Ukrainian фонк
- фонк (fonk)a style of music derived from hip-hop and trap music
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with phonk
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
phonk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonk
MLA
“phonk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonk. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phonk,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phonk.
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