1. (noun) ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
a mental representation of some haunting experience
"he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
2. (noun) ghostwriter, ghost
a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
3. (noun) ghost
the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
4. (verb) touch, trace, ghost
a suggestion of some quality
"there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
5. (verb) ghost
move like a ghost
"The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"
6. (verb) haunt, obsess, ghost
haunt like a ghost; pursue
"Fear of illness haunts her"
7. (verb) ghost, ghostwrite
write for someone else
"How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"
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