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steampunking

steampunking is the present participle and gerund of steampunk.

Meaning of steampunk

Verb

steampunk (third-person singular simple present steampunks, present participle steampunking, simple past and past participle steampunked)

  1. (transitive) To depict in a steampunk manner.
    • [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...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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Questions about steampunking

What is steampunking the present participle and gerund of?
Steampunking is the present participle and gerund of steampunk.

Words near steampunking in the dictionary

  1. steamproof
  2. steampunk
  3. steampunked
  4. steampunker
  5. steampunkers
  6. steampunking
  7. steampunkish
  8. steampunks
  9. steampunky
  10. steamroll
  11. steamrolled

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