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corpsed

corpsed is the simple past and past participle of corpse.

Meaning of corpse

Verb

corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
    • The rest of the day and the week were spent blocking and learning the lines. The only drama was the predictable one of being ticked off for corpsing. Rupert was quite as bad as me when it came to giggling and the tea-party scene which took place between Rupert, David Parfitt, Piers Flint-Shipman...1989, Kenneth Branagh, Beginning, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, page 94
  2. (slang, transitive) To cause another actor to do this.

See all 5 meanings of corpse

Questions about corpsed

What is corpsed the simple past and past participle of?
Corpsed is the simple past and past participle of corpse.

Words near corpsed in the dictionary

  1. corpse-gate
  2. corpse-gates
  3. corpse-like
  4. corpse-reviver
  5. corpse-to-be
  6. corpsed
  7. corpsefucker
  8. corpsefuckers
  9. corpsehood
  10. corpseless
  11. corpselike

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