Noun

(uncountable, neologism) A subgenre of speculative science fiction set in an anachronistic 19th century society.

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, year = 2008 , date = May 8 , author = Ruth La Ferla , title = Steampunk Moves Between 2 Worlds , work = New York Times , url = http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/fashion/08PUNK.html , passage = It is also the vision of steampunk , a subculture that is the aesthetic expression of a time-traveling fantasy world, one that embraces music, film, design and now fashion, all inspired by the extravagantly inventive age of dirigibles and steam locomotives, brass diving bells and jar-shaped protosubmarines. }}

(countable) A writer of steampunk fiction.

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(countable, cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character.

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, year = 2009 , month = September , magazine = Exhibition Hall , url = http://efanzines.com/ExhibHall/ExhibHall-01.pdf , title = An Interview with Emmett and Klaude Davenport of the Clockwork Cabaret , author = Klaude Davenport , volume = , issue = 1 , page = 6 , passage = It wound up being an overwhelmingly positive experience that made me appreciate the steampunks around me even more. }}

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, year = 2010 , monthday = September 24 , author = John Naylor , email = , title = Re: [Steam-Scholars] Hello again and a query , id = 45b85.6b512dc6.39cddc00@aol.com , group = steam-scholars , url = https://groups.google.com/d/msg/steam-scholars/bdMTIoChWyQ/pz5TAUpNxcYJ }}

It is extremely rare that you speak to someone who says "I want to be an ...." This would suggest that for the vast majority of steampunks their choice of outfit (at least intitially) is less a conscious attempt at portrayal and more of a spontaneous and potentially subconscious growth of an idea.

Noun

(en noun)

(cookware) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.

A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing, and in various processes of manufacture.

A vessel propelled by steam; a steamship or steamboat.

A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.

A wetsuit which has long sleeves and long legs.

A dish of steamed clams.

Any species of the duck genus Tachyeres , of which all four species occur in South America, and three are flightless.

(Australia, food, obsolete) A food made by cooking diced meat very slowly in a tightly sealed pot, with a minimum of flavourings, allowing it to steam in its own juices; popular circa 1850 but apparently no longer so by the 1900s .

* “Melville”, Australia'', quoted in 1864''', Edward Abbott, ''The English and Australian Cookery Book: Cookery for the Many, as Well as for the ‘Upper Ten Thousand’'', London, in turn quoted in '''1998 , Colin Bannerman, et al., ''Acquired Tastes: Celebrating Australia?s Culinary History , (publisher), ISBN 0-642-10693-2, page 14,

Of all the dishes ever brought to table, nothing equals that of the steamer .

(obsolete) A steam fire engine, a fire engine consisting of a steam boiler and engine, and pump which is driven by the engine, combined and mounted on wheels (Webster 1913).

(horse racing) A horse whose odds are decreasing (becoming shorter) because bettors are backing it.

(UK, crime, slang) Member of a youth gang who engages in robbing and escaping as a large group.

(UK, sex, slang) Oral sex performed on a man.

(UK, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.

(UK, crime, slang) A prostitute's client.

(US, gambling, slang) A gambler who increases a wager after losing.

(UK, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.