BODY COUNT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does body count mean? 

• BODY COUNT (noun)
  The noun BODY COUNT has 1 sense:

1. a count of troops killed in an operation or time period

  Familiarity information: BODY COUNT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODY COUNT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A count of troops killed in an operation or time period

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

the daily body count increased as the war went on

Hypernyms ("body count" is a kind of...):

count (the total number counted)