1 [C] the spirit of a dead person that a living person believes they can see or hear:
Do you believe in ghosts (= believe that they exist)? * the ghost of her father that had come back to haunt her * He looked as if he had seen a ghost (= looked very frightened).
2 [C] the memory of sth, especially sth bad:
The ghost of anti-Semitism still haunts Europe.
3 [sing.] ~ of sth a very slight amount of sth that is left behind or that you are not sure really exists:
There was a ghost of a smile on his face. * You don't have a ghost of a chance (= you have no chance).
4 [sing.] a second image on a television screen that is not as clear as the first, caused by a fault
IDIOMS
give up the ghost
1 to die
2 (humorous) (of a machine) to stop working:
My car finally gave up the ghost.
moreatFORMER
Part of speech: verb
1 = GHOSTWRITE
2 [V+adv./prep.] (literary) to move without making a sound:
They ghosted up the smooth waters of the river.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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