Meanings
decomp1
plural decomps
- slanggovernmentA decomposed body.
"It's a decomp. There's gonna be maggots, and that means I'm gonna have nightmares."
2007, John Leake, Entering Hades: The Double Life of a Serial Killer1 more example
"It helped ventilate the place, especially when he had a decomp case. The coroner's offices were pitifully outdated."
2007, John Luciew, Fatal Dead Lines
present singular third person decomps · participle present decomping · participle past decomped · past decomped
- intransitiveslanguncommongovernmentTo decompose.
decomp2
present singular third person decomps · participle present decomping · participle past decomped · past decomped
- slangtransitivehackingTo decompile (especially a video game).
If you want to decomp my sweater — Ocarina of Time has been fully decompiled into human-readable code
2021, Kyle Orland, "Ocarina of Time has been fully decompiled into human-readable code", Ars Technica, archived from the original on 2022-03-17 (context: subtitle and title, here used in jest saying the hackers are so good they could decompile a sweater)
plural decomps
- slanghackingA decompilation (especially of a video game).
- pluralplural onlyslanghackingThe results of a decompilation (especially of a video game).
Origin
Cite this entry
decomp. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decomp
“decomp.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decomp. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “decomp,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/decomp.
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