zom·bie also zom·bi (z m b )n. pl. zom·bies also zom·bis 1. A snake god of voodoo cults in West Africa, Haiti, and the southern United States. 2. a. A supernatural power or spell that according to voodoo belief can enter into and reanimate a corpse. b. A corpse revived in this way. 3. One who looks or behaves like an automaton. 4. A tall mixed drink made of various rums, liqueur, and fruit juice.
[Caribbean French and English Creole, from Kimbundu -zumbi, ghost, departed spirit.] |
zombie or zombi Noun
pl -bies or -bis
1. a person who appears to be lifeless, apathetic, or totally lacking in independent judgment
2. a corpse brought to life by witchcraft [W African zumbi good-luck fetish]
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| Noun | 1. | zombie - a dead body that has been brought back to life by a supernatural force |
| 2. | zombie - (voodooism) a spirit or supernatural force that reanimates a dead bodyhoodooism, vodoun, voodooism, voodoo - a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities |
| 3. | zombie - a god of voodoo cults of African origin worshipped especially in West Indiesdeity, divinity, god, immortal - any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force |
| 4. | zombie - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" |
| 5. | zombie - several kinds of rum with fruit juice and usually apricot liqueurrum - liquor distilled from fermented molasses highball - a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass |
Translations
zombie [ˈzɔmbɪ] n →
zombi m
zombie [ˈzɔmbɪ] n (
fig);
zombie [ˈzɔmbɪ] n (
fig) →
Schwachkopf m
zombie [ˈzɔmbɪ] n (
fig): like a zombie →
come un morto che cammina