Sekirov Dictionary

ghost

UK /ɡəʊst/US /ɡoʊst/

noun25

  1. the soul of someone who has died, which some people believe comes back and can be seen
  2. [before a noun] Abandoned.
  3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
  4. A false image, for example in a photographic print or negative, or on a television screen or radar display, or in a telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
  5. (slang) A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
  6. An understudy.
  7. [before a noun] Substitute.
  8. Ellipsis of ghostwriter.
  9. A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
  10. [before a noun] Perceived or listed but not real.
  11. [before a noun] White or pale.
  12. [before a noun] Transparent or translucent.
  13. Ellipsis of ghost pepper.
  14. [before a noun] Of a cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.
  15. An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.
  16. Someone whose identity cannot be established because there are no records of such a person.
  17. A covert (and deniable) agent.
  18. A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
  19. [before a noun] Remnant; remains.
  20. A game in which players take turns to add a letter to a possible word, trying not to complete a word.
  21. A copy of a file or record.
  22. (Internet) An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
  23. [before a noun] A formerly nonexistent character that was at some point mistakenly encoded into a character set standard, which might have since become used opportunistically for some genuine purpose.
  24. An unphysical state in a gauge theory.
  25. (literary, no longer used) A spirit; a human soul.

verb13

  1. (literary) Of a disembodied soul: to appear (somewhere or to someone) in the form of an apparition; to haunt.
  2. (slang, figurative) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, through text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
  3. Followed by for: synonym of ghostwrite (“to write a literary work or speech, or produce an artistic work, in the place of someone”); also, to carry out an artistic performance in the place of someone.
  4. Synonym of ghostwrite (“to write (a literary work or speech), or produce (an artistic work)), in the place of someone”; also, to carry out (an artistic performance) in the place of someone.
  5. To appear suddenly or move like a disembodied soul; specifically (often sports); also (transitive, dated) followed by the dummy subject it: to move easily and quietly without anyone noticing; to slip.
  6. Of a sailing vessel: to sail seemingly with very little or no wind.
  7. (figurative) To continuously cause (someone or something) trouble; specifically, to continuously be in the thoughts of (someone) in a disturbing manner; to perturb, to trouble.
  8. (figurative) To gray out (a visual element) to indicate that it is unavailable.
  9. (slang, figurative) To kill (someone).
  10. (literary) To imbue (something) with a ghost-like effect or hue.
  11. (UK, figurative) To transfer (a prisoner) to another prison, usually without first informing the prisoner.
  12. (Internet, figurative) To forcibly disconnect (an IRC user) who is using one's reserved nickname.
  13. (no longer used) Apparently only in the writings of the Dutch-English physician Gideon Harvey (c. 1636–1640 – c. 1700–1702): to die, to expire.

adjective1

  1. (slang) In the form be ghost: not present or involved; absent, gone.
forms

ghosted · ghosting · ghosts

Phrases with ghost

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