"punk out" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-punk out.ogg Forms: punks out [present, singular, third-person], punking out [participle, present], punked out [participle, past], punked out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} punk out (third-person singular simple present punks out, present participle punking out, simple past and past participle punked out)
  1. (slang, intransitive) To give up or cravenly abandon something difficult. Tags: intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-punk_out-en-verb-7DKnBDfz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs formed with "out", English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 69 31 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 63 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40
  2. (slang, transitive, almost always used in the passive voice) To treat as a punk (either as a worthless person or the bottom in a male-male relationship, especially a nonconsenting prison relationship). Tags: slang, transitive Categories (topical): Sex
    Sense id: en-punk_out-en-verb-FsKNkKqz Disambiguation of Sex: 5 95

Inflected forms

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