Definition of decompress

decompress    

verb - intransitive

• to relax and recuperate after a trying situation.

  It's been a long week at work. I'm going to go home and decompress.

                                                                                                                        
  
                              
  
  Citation from "Begin the Begin", Covert Affairs (TV), Season 2 Episode 1 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: to hang out, relax.

  Last edited on May 14 2019. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jun 10 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'to hang out, relax':
cojelo con take it easy	Definitions include: "Chill, don't worry about it."
floss	Definitions include: to pretend, to feign.
lighten up	Definitions include: to not take something seriously.
hang	Definitions include: to relax, usually with other friends; "chill".
cool	Definitions include: very good, excellent, interesting, fun, etc.
ill	Definitions include: very good, excellent; "cool".
veg out	Definitions include: to engage in a mindless activity, especially watching television.
kick it	Definitions include: to engage in coitus.
mellow	Definitions include: relaxed, calm, happy, content.
marinate	Definitions include: to sit around waiting for something to happen.
take it easy	Definitions include: to relax.
simmer down	Definitions include: to calm down.
max	Definitions include: to relax; "hang out.
loaft	Definitions include: to be unproductive.
cool (one's) jets	Definitions include: to calm down or wait.
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lightning rod	Definitions include: something or someone that attracts something else.
numb-nuts	Definitions include: a form of address or reference for an unintelligent person; "you moron"; "you dumbass".
rub one out	Definitions include: to masturbate.
mobee	Definitions include: a cheap car.
sharpie	Definitions include: a permanent marker.
swing for the fences	Definitions include: to try very hard.
WTH	Definitions include: acronym for "what the hell".
slide out	Definitions include: to leave.
jauncy	Definitions include: house, place of residence.
AMF	Definitions include: acronym of "adios mother fucker."

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