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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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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]
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.
