[
UK
/ɡˈəʊst/
]
[ US /ˈɡoʊst/ ]
[ US /ˈɡoʊst/ ]
VERB
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move like a ghost
The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard -
write for someone else
How many books have you ghostwritten so far? -
haunt like a ghost; pursue
Fear of illness haunts her
NOUN
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a mental representation of some haunting experience
it aroused specters from his past
he looked like he had seen a ghost - the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
- a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
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a suggestion of some quality
he detected a ghost of a smile on her face
there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone
How To Use ghost In A Sentence
- It's a bit like telling ghost stories.
- Now, though, insurers find they are increasingly paying out for teenagers crashing expensive vehicles that they would not normally have the ghost of a chance of obtaining cover for.
- An Iron Ancestor is a reanimated and iron - forged dead body possessed by a ghost.
- The brothers then went on tour, filling theatres with ghostly music, flying coats and spirit voices.
- Along the rocky paths Buddhist monks appear like ghosts and vanish mysteriously into the trees.
- But while the mysterious circumstances of the tragedy keep on adding up, the ghostly presence of her partner seems intent on having his say. The Sun
- Interrupted by just the squat Marble Mountains, we sit insignificantly at the hub of a huge disc of sand curving to every horizon, beneath a dome of stars and the ghostly light of a thin crescent moon.
- Has the ghost manifested itself recently?
- The lobbyists and the think tanks 'ghostwrite' our economic policies; the politicos just 'sign off' on them. Whatcha Gonna Do About Me?
- I gave him money towards it, which he acknowledged with a nod and a ghost of a smile. Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent