different between teamer vs steamer

English

Etymology

team +? -er

Noun

teamer (plural teamers)

1. (usually in combinations) Someone in a team.

Derived terms

• first-teamer
• second-teamer

Anagrams

• Mateer, atreme, merate, metrae, remate, reteam

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