pop punk

noun

A genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music.

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Meanings

nounpop punk (uncountable)

alternative pop-punk

  1. uncountableentertainmentA genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music.

    Green Day’s petulant pop-punk album Dookie came out three years after that and moved another 10 million, as did a sweeping 1995 double album by Smashing Pumpkins.

    2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN
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    Last fall, Bring Me the Horizon kicked off a new era of their band with a standalone single called "DiE4u", which sounded like a a ^([sic]) heavy, metallic take on My Chemical Romance-style pop-punk mixed with the electronic flair of modern emo-rap.

    2022 July 6, Eli Enis, “See Bring Me the Horizon's Horrifying, NSFW Video for New Song "sTraNgeRs"”, in Revolver

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
punk pop

Translations

French pop punk
  • pop punkgenre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music
Polish pop punk
  • pop punkgenre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music
Russian поп-панк
  • поп-панк (pop-pank)genre that combines elements of punk rock with elements of pop music
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APA

pop punk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20punk

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop punk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20punk.

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