decomp

English

Etymology 1

Shortening of decomposition or decomposed.

Noun

decomp (plural decomps)

  1. (law enforcement, slang) Decomposition.
    There's no decomp, so the body can't have been there long.
  2. (law enforcement, slang) A decomposed body.
    • 2007, John Leake, Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer[1]:
      "It's a decomp. There's gonna be maggots, and that means I'm gonna have nightmares."
    • 2007, John Luciew, Fatal Dead Lines[2]:
      "It helped ventilate the place, especially when he had a decomp case. The coroner's offices were pitifully outdated."

Verb

decomp (third-person singular simple present decomps, present participle decomping, simple past and past participle decomped)

  1. (intransitive, law enforcement, slang, uncommon) To decompose.

Etymology 2

Shortening of decompile and decompilation.

Verb

decomp (third-person singular simple present decomps, present participle decomping, simple past and past participle decomped)

  1. (transitive, slang, hacking) To decompile (especially video games).

Noun

decomp (plural decomps)

  1. (slang, hacking) A decompilation (especially of a video game).
  2. (slang, hacking, plural only) The results of a decompilation (especially of a video game).

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