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- Dictionaryzombie/ˈzɒmbi/
noun
- 1. a corpse said to be revived by witchcraft, especially in certain African and Caribbean religions.
- 2. a cocktail consisting of several kinds of rum, liqueur, and fruit juice.
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someone who moves around as if unconscious and being controlled by someone else: I was so tired, I walked around like a zombie. (in stories, movies, etc.) A zombie is a dead person brought back to life without the ability to speak or move easily.
Sep 26, 2012 · 1. a. : a will-less and speechless human (as in voodoo belief and in fictional stories) held to have died and been supernaturally reanimated. b. : the supernatural power that according to voodoo belief may enter into and reanimate a dead body. 2. a. : a person held to resemble the so-called walking dead. especially : automaton. b.
A zombie (Haitian French: zombi; Haitian Creole: zonbi; Kikongo: zumbi) is a mythological undead corporeal revenant created through the reanimation of a corpse. In modern popular culture, zombies are most commonly found in horror genre works.
Zombie definition: a mute and will-less body, robbed of its soul and given the semblance of life by a supernatural force, usually for manual labor or some evil purpose.. See examples of ZOMBIE used in a sentence.
1. a person who is or appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment; automaton. 2. a supernatural spirit that reanimates a dead body. 3.
If you've ever watched a zombie movie, you know that a zombie is a terrifying but slow-moving monster, a dead body that moves as if it's alive and has a taste for human flesh.
zombie noun. Meaning & use. I. The ghost or spirit of a dead person; a reanimated corpse, or a being likened to or resembling one. I.1. 1788–. In parts of the Caribbean (esp. Haiti) and the southern United States: the ghost or spirit of a dead person, esp. a malevolent one. Cf. zumbi n., jumbie n., duppy n. Now rare.
Definition of zombie noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
You can describe someone as a zombie if their face or behavior shows no feeling, understanding, or interest in what is going on around them. 2. In horror stories and some religions, a zombie is a dead person who has been brought back to life.
ZOMBIE definition: 1. a dead body that walks around because of magic 2. in a very tired, slow way: . Learn more.
