<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>(in Vodou) a mute and will-less body, robbed of its soul and given the semblance of life by a supernatural force, usually for manual labor or some evil purpose.</li><li>the supernatural force itself.</li><li>(in popular culture) an undead creature with a reanimated human body, typically depicted in science fiction or horror stories as contagious to the living by bite and vulnerable only to serious head trauma: In the movie, survivors of the apocalypse try to build a barricade to keep the zombies out.</li><li>Informal: a person whose behavior or responses are wooden, listless, or seemingly rote; automaton.</li><li>an eccentric or peculiar person.</li><li>a snake god worshiped in West Indian and Brazilian religious practices of African origin.</li><li>a tall drink made typically with several kinds of rum, citrus juice, and often apricot liqueur.</li><li>Canadian Slang: an army conscript assigned to home defense during World War II.</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>of or relating to something that was declared concluded, finished, or dead, but surprisingly continues to linger, or comes back in a different version: resuscitating zombie corporations through debt restructuring; zombie legislation that was defeated last session; resuscitating zombie corporations through debt restructuring; a zombie ex who texts you out of the blue looking for a hookup.</li></ul>