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body count

noun

Etymology

Coined by the U.S. military during the Vietnam War in the sense "number of killed enemy combatants", in 1962 according to Merriam-Webster.

Definitions

  1. The number of persons or bodies counted as casualties, especially fatalities, or victims.

  2. The number of people who have been killed by a given individual.

  3. The total number of sexual partners of a given individual.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, count.

      • Mrs. Phillips, taking after Austen’s letters, tallies ducks by the couple, making effectively a body count—it’s three couple of ducks rather than six or a half dozen.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA