Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music in the late 1970s;
in part a reaction to the hippy subculture;
dress was optional but intended to shock (plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes spiked in bright plumes);
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
punks
n 1: a youth subculture closely associated with punk rock music
in the late 1970s; in part a reaction to the hippy
subculture; dress was optional but intended to shock
(plastic garbage bags or old school uniforms) and hair was
dyed in bright colors (in Mohican haircuts or sometimes
spiked in bright plumes)