corpse UK /kɔːps/US /koɹps/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •the body of a person who has diedI saw battle-corpses, myriads of them, / And the white skeletons of young men, I saw them, / I saw the debris and debris of all the slain soldiers of the war, […] — 1865 •The dead body of any animal with flesh; the dead body of a vertebrate; a carcass.Cantharidin, although readily decomposed by chemical agents, is so permanent in the body that it has been detected in the corpse of a cat eighty-four days after death. — 1885 •(offensive, no longer used) A human body in general, whether living or dead. verb2 •(slang) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.There were still moments when she would halt suddenly, like an actor stranded in the middle of the stage, lines forgotten, staring goggle-eyed and making fish-mouths...Corpsing: that was the word. — 1993 •(slang) To cause another actor to do this. formscorpsed · corpsing · corpses
