different between steamer vs steamed

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sti?m?(?)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?stim?/
• Rhymes: -i?m?(?)
• Hyphenation: steam?er

Etymology 1

From steam +? -er. The steamer duck or steamer (sense 6.2) is apparently named for its resemblance to a paddle steamer when swimming rapidly.

Noun

steamer (plural steamers)

1. A device or object that works by the operation of steam.
   1. A vessel in which articles are subjected to the action of steam, as in washing and in various processes of manufacture.
   2. (cooking) A cooking appliance that cooks by steaming.
   3. (obsolete) A steam fire engine, that is, a steam boiler and engine driving a pump, which are all mounted on wheels.
2. A mode of transportation propelled by steam.
   1. (rail transport) A steam-powered road locomotive; a traction engine.
   2. (nautical) A vessel propelled by steam; a steamboat or steamship.
      • 1859 January 6, “English and Amer[i]can navies”, in The Olney Times (reprinted from the New York Herald), volume 3, number 27 (number 130 overall), Olney, Ill.: William F. Beck, ?OCLC, page 1, column 6:

        Her gunboat fleet alone is composed of one hundred and sixty-one small steamers, of the efficiency of which for war purports naval critics have formed a high estimate.
3. Clipping of steamer trunk.
4. A babycino (frothy milk drink).
5. A wetsuit with long sleeves and legs.
6. The name of various animals.
   1. The soft-shell clam, sand gaper, or long-neck clam (Mya arenaria), an edible saltwater clam; specifically the clam when steamed for eating.
   2. A steamer duck: any of the four species of the duck genus Tachyeres which are all found in South America, three of which are flightless.
7. (horse racing) A racehorse the odds of which are becoming shorter (that is, decreasing) because bettors are backing it.
8. (Britain, slang) An act of fellatio.
9. (Britain, crime, slang) A member of a youth gang who engages in steaming (robbing and escaping in a large group).
10. (Britain, Scotland, slang) A drinking session.
11. (Australia, obsolete) A dish 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; specifically such a dish made with kangaroo meat. [c. 1850 – 1900s.]

Synonyms

• (drinking session): bender, binge, carouse, piss-up

Derived terms

• Cleveland steamer
• paddle steamer
• road steamer
• steamer chair

Translations

Verb

steamer (third-person singular simple present steamers, present participle steamering, simple past and past participle steamered)

1. (intransitive) To travel by steamer.

Etymology 2

From steam tug, rhyming slang for mug (“a gullible or easily cheated person; a stupid or contemptible person”).

Noun

steamer (plural steamers)

1. (Britain, slang) A mug.
   1. A gullible or easily cheated person.
   2. A stupid or contemptible person.
2. (Britain, slang) A homosexual man with a preference for passive partners.
3. (Britain, slang) A prostitute's client.
4. (US, slang) a gambler who increases a wager after losing.

Synonyms

• (homosexual man): see Thesaurus:male homosexual
• (prostitute's client): see Thesaurus:prostitute's client

References

• steamer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Eric Partridge (2007) , “steamer”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, ?ISBN

Further reading

• steamer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• steamer (appliance) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• steamer (milk) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• steamer duck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Maestre, Mateers, Teamers, measter, merates, remates, reteams, streame, teamers

French

Noun

steamer m (plural steamers)

1. (nautical) steamer, steamboat

English

Pronunciation

Adjective

steamed (comparative more steamed, superlative most steamed)

1. Cooked by steaming.
   • 1996, The Simpsons, 22 Short Films About Springfield

     Superintendent Chalmers: Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour?

     Seymour Skinner: Uh- Oh. That isn't smoke. It's steam. Steam from the steamed clams we're having. Mmm. Steamed clams.

2. (slang) Angry, hot under the collar.

   He was steamed that the car cut him off. It took almost half an hour for him to calm down.

Translations

Verb

steamed

1. simple past tense and past participle of steam

Anagrams

• demates