Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decomp

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: de-comp
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Slang

noun

A decomposed body.

Slang

verb

Intransitive verb; Slang

verb

To decompile (especially a video game).

Slang; Transitive verb

noun

A decompilation (especially of a video game).

Slang

noun

The results of a decompilation (especially of a video game).

Slang

Example Sentences

"There's no decomp, so the body can't have been there long."
""It's a decomp. There's gonna be maggots, and that means I'm gonna have nightmares.""
""It helped ventilate the place, especially when he had a decomp case. The coroner's offices were pitifully outdated.""
"If you want to decomp my sweater — Ocarina of Time has been fully decompiled into human-readable code"

Etymology

Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.

Usage

Inflected Forms

decomps (plural) decomps (present, singular) decomping (participle, present) decomped (participle, past) decomped (past)

Questions

What does decomp mean?: Decomposition.
Where does decomp come from?: Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.

How to pronounce decomp

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