corpse
Plural: corpses
Noun
- A dead human body.
- the dead body of a human being
- "the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse"
- A dead body, especially that of a human as opposed to an animal.
- The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.
- A human body in general, whether living or dead.
Verb
- To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
- To cause another actor to do this.
Examples
- Nobody knows why, but he likes seeing pictures of corpses and reading books related to them on the internet.
- The game was so intense, he swore his opponent’s score was a mere corpse.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English, from earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”).
Displaced native English likam and English lich. The ⟨p⟩ was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps, corpus, and riff. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while acting as dead body.
Synonyms
cadaver, clay, remains, stiff, DB, anatomy, bod, body, carcass, carrion, corpse, corse, dog meat, dust, flesh, lich, likam, offal, quarrons, relics, reliquiae, soma, worm food
Scrabble Score: 10
corpse: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordcorpse: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
corpse: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary