"necro" meaning in All languages combined

See necro on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-necro.ogg [Australia] Forms: necroes [plural], necros [plural]
Etymology: Clipping of necromancy. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|necromancy}} Clipping of necromancy Head templates: {{en-noun|necroes|s}} necro (plural necroes or necros)
  1. (Internet, video game and card game slang) Necromancer. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet Related terms: thread necromancy
    Sense id: en-necro-en-noun-sB2c~0Vs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 58 25 16

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-necro.ogg [Australia] Forms: necroes [present, singular, third-person], necros [present, singular, third-person], necroing [participle, present], necroed [participle, past], necroed [past]
Etymology: Clipping of necromancy. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|necromancy}} Clipping of necromancy Head templates: {{en-verb|necroes|necroing|necroed|pres_3sg2=necros}} necro (third-person singular simple present necroes or necros, present participle necroing, simple past and past participle necroed)
  1. (Internet) To make a new post to a forum discussion that has been dormant for a long time, making the thread visible in the list of active topics; to bump. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-necro-en-verb-a1bWM~-T
  2. (Internet, video games and card games slang) To practice necromancy; to bring back from the dead. Tags: Internet, slang Categories (topical): Card games, Internet, Video games
    Sense id: en-necro-en-verb-SqNPnh9b Topics: card-games, games, video-games

Inflected forms

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