different between pinker vs punker

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??k?(?)/
• Rhymes: -??k?(r)

Adjective

pinker

1. comparative form of pink: more pink

Noun

pinker (plural pinkers)

1. One who pinks (in various senses).
   • 2000, Leigh David Benin, The New Labor Radicalism and New York City's Garment Industry (page 92)

     The job paid $65 a week. However, when she arrived for work, the employer informed her that she would also be required to do some pinking, and that she would be paid at the rate for pinkers, which was only $50 a week.

See also

• pinkers (pinking shears)

Anagrams

• Perkin, Pernik, perkin

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

pinker

1. comparative degree of pink

Adjective

pinker

1. inflection of pink:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

English

Etymology

punk +? -er

Noun

punker (plural punkers)

1. (music, dated slang) Synonym of punk: a musician known for playing punk rock or a fan of the genre.
   • 1988 July 29, Diana Spinrad, "Burnin' With the 8 Ball", Chicago Reader:

     And famous punker Joe Strummer figures prominently in Mercury's life.

   • 2006, John De Herrera, The Kingsnake in the Sun (page 72)

     She was a crack-up, she thought she was such a punker. She always had some punk group on her headset.

Anagrams

• unperk

Dutch

Etymology

Either borrowed from English punker or natively formed from punk +? -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.k?r/
• Hyphenation: pun?ker

Noun

punker m (plural punkers)

1. (music) A punk (fan of punk rock, member of the punk subculture); (by extension) anyone with a mohawk or a similar distinct hairstyle.

   Synonym: punk

Estonian

Noun

punker (genitive punkri, partitive punkrit)

1. bunker

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• pønker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pø?k??/

Noun

punker m (definite singular punkeren, indefinite plural punkere, definite plural punkerne)

1. punk (punk rocker)