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- Dictionarycorpse/kɔːps/
noun
- 1. a dead body, especially of a human being rather than an animal: "the corpse of a man lay there"
verb
- 1. spoil a piece of acting by forgetting one's lines or laughing uncontrollably: theatrical slang "Peter just can't stop himself corpsing when he is on stage"
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to start laughing in a way you cannot control during a performance, or to make someone else do this; a word used by actors and performers: The scene was so ludicrous it was hard to play without corpsing.
Corpse refers to a dead body, and especially to the dead body of a human. Corp is an abbreviation for “corporation” and “corporal.”. Corp, corps, and corpse all trace back to the Latin word corpus, meaning “body.”. The origin of core is obscure.
A corpse is a dead body, especially the body of a human being. Synonyms: body , remains , carcass , cadaver More Synonyms of corpse Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
corpse. the "corpse" family. Another name for a dead body is corpse. You might hear the word on TV crime shows, but a corpse doesn't have to be a crime victim, just any lifeless body.
Corpse definition: a dead body, usually of a human being.. See examples of CORPSE used in a sentence.
Definition of corpse noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
n. a dead body, esp of a human being; cadaver. vb. (Theatre) theatre slang to laugh or cause to laugh involuntarily or inopportunely while on stage. [C14: from Old French corps body, from Latin corpus body]
noun. A dead body, esp. of a person. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Something once vigorous but now lifeless and of no use. Webster's New World. A living body. Webster's New World. A dead body. Wiktionary. Synonyms: clay. remains. stiff. cadaver. vespillo. relics. necrotomy. necropsy. necrophobia. necrophilous. necrophilism.
Jun 16, 2024 · corpse (plural corpses) A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal. Synonyms: see Thesaurus: corpse
a dead body, usually of a human being. something no longer useful or viable: rusting corpses of old cars. [ Obs.]a human or animal body, whether alive or dead. 1225–75; Middle English corps; origin, originally spelling, spelled variant of cors corse but the p is now sounded. 1. remains, cadaver. See body.
