Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to steampunk
Participle: steampunked
Gerund: steampunking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | steampunk |
| you | steampunk |
| he;she;it | steampunks |
| we | steampunk |
| you | steampunk |
| they | steampunk |
Perfect
| I | have steampunked |
| you | have steampunked |
| he;she;it | has steampunked |
| we | have steampunked |
| you | have steampunked |
| they | have steampunked |
Past
| I | steampunked |
| you | steampunked |
| he;she;it | steampunked |
| we | steampunked |
| you | steampunked |
| they | steampunked |
Pluperfect
| I | had steampunked |
| you | had steampunked |
| he;she;it | had steampunked |
| we | had steampunked |
| you | had steampunked |
| they | had steampunked |
Future
| I | will steampunk |
| you | will steampunk |
| he;she;it | will steampunk |
| we | will steampunk |
| you | will steampunk |
| they | will steampunk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have steampunked |
| you | will have steampunked |
| he;she;it | will have steampunked |
| we | will have steampunked |
| you | will have steampunked |
| they | will have steampunked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | steampunk |
| you | steampunk |
| he;she;it | steampunk |
| we | steampunk |
| you | steampunk |
| they | steampunk |
Perfect
| I | have steampunked |
| you | have steampunked |
| he;she;it | have steampunked |
| we | have steampunked |
| you | have steampunked |
| they | have steampunked |
Imperfect
| I | steampunked |
| you | steampunked |
| he;she;it | steampunked |
| we | steampunked |
| you | steampunked |
| they | steampunked |
Pluperfect
| I | had steampunked |
| you | had steampunked |
| he;she;it | had steampunked |
| we | had steampunked |
| you | had steampunked |
| they | had steampunked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would steampunk |
| you | would steampunk |
| he;she;it | would steampunk |
| we | would steampunk |
| you | would steampunk |
| they | would steampunk |
Perfect
| I | would have steampunked |
| you | would have steampunked |
| he;she;it | would have steampunked |
| we | would have steampunked |
| you | would have steampunked |
| they | would have steampunked |
Imperative
| you | steampunk |
| we | Let's steampunk |
| you | steampunk |
Verbs conjugated like 'steampunk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'steampunk'
spelunk,
spunk,
stamp,
stampede,
stampedo,
stank,
steak,
steam,
steamboat,
steamer,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From steam + -punk, by analogy with cyberpunk, coined by science-fiction writer Kevin Wayne Jeter (born 1950) in a 1987 letter to the magazine Locus in response to a review of his book Infernal Devices published the same year (see the quotation below).
Sample Sentences
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[Director Paul W.S.] Anderson's answer to the question of what to update in this film seems to be: steampunk everything. Hence the elaborate airship contraptions and weapons, all made in wood and iron and powered by choo-choo engines. What seems to be missing is the why. When far-fetched techno-bits and bobs are put into a story, these items must have a meaning and purpose. Here, the gadgets are throwaway items used for their visual effect, then discarded. [2011 October 26, John Lui, “Musketeers victim of identity crisis [review of The Three Musketeers (2011)]”, in The Straits Times (Life! section), Singapore:]
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There is also a strong draw on literature and film for ideas. Some steampunks will take a favorite character, such as Boba Fett, Alice, Dorothy, Professor Snape, or Sherlock Holmes, and “steampunk” him or her out by adding elements of leather (or faux leather), gears, clock parts, electricity, motors, and so on. [2012, Sybil Fogg, “Mechomancy: Steampunk Sensibilities in Pagan Traditions”, in Llewellyn's 2013 Magical Almanac: Practical Magic for Everyday Living, Woodbury, Minn.: Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN, page 90:]