noun🔗ShareA subgenre of science fiction that depicts advanced technology combined with Victorian style and aesthetics, such as steam-powered machines and vehicles, visible gears and screws and people dressed in 19th-century attires."The school's drama club designed their new play's set and costumes in a fantastic steampunk style, featuring brass gears, goggles, and steam-powered contraptions. "styleliteraturearttechnologyscienceentertainmenthistoryculturemachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA writer of steampunk fiction."My aunt is a steampunk; she writes novels filled with Victorian technology and clockwork inventions. "literaturepersonstyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(cosplay) A person cosplaying as a steampunk character."At the convention, I saw a steampunk with goggles and a modified ray gun. "personculturestyleentertainmentcharacterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo depict in a steampunk manner."The artist decided to steampunk the old family photograph, adding gears and brass details to make it look like a futuristic Victorian invention. "stylearttechnologycultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading