# corpses

Pronunciation: US say "KORP-siz" /ˈkoɹpsɪz/; say "KAWP-siz" UK /ˈkɔːpsɪz/, AUS /ˈkoːpsɪz/

## Noun

1. Plural of corpse. — plural of corpse
   - Simple: Plural of corpse. Use it for more than one dead body.
   - _Rescue teams recovered dozens of corpses from the rubble after the earthquake._
   - _The corpses of several seals washed up along the coast after the storm._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of corpse. *(slang)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of corpse
   - Simple: Third-person singular present of corpse. Use it with he, she, it or any singular noun, such as the actor.
   - _Whenever the lead forgets a line, the whole cast waits to see who corpses first._
   - _He pulls a face at her in the final act and nearly always corpses her._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/corpses (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).