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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. He had a tendency to corpse in the middle of the sketch.
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.”
Definition of corpse noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Corpse definition: a dead body, usually of a human being.. See examples of CORPSE used in a sentence.
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. 35,000 worksheets, games, and lesson plans. 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.
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]
What is the definition of corpse? How do you use it in a sentence? How do you pronounce it? Explore the answers to these questions and more in the Cambridge Dictionary, the most trusted source of English language learning.
corpse meaning, definition, what is corpse: the dead body of a person: Learn more.
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. He had a tendency to corpse in the middle of the sketch.
