Meanings
nounpost-punk (countable and uncountable, plural post-punks)
plural post-punks · alternative postpunk
- countableuncountableentertainmentA rock music genre that followed punk rock and was more artistic and experimental, laying the foundations for alternative rock.
Its tight, jabby songs, influenced equally by minimalist post-punk and sentimental white soul, end just when you think you’ve figured them out.
2008 April 4, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times - countableA performer or aficionado of post-punk music.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Englishpunk
- Englishpost-punk
Translations
Russian постпа́нк
- постпа́нк (postpánk)Translations
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Chicago
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