Definitions for ghost
goʊstghost

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectrenoun

   a mental representation of some haunting experience

   "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

2. ghostwriter, ghostnoun

   a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

3. ghostnoun

   the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

4. touch, trace, ghostverb

   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. ghostverb

   move like a ghost

   "The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard"

6. haunt, obsess, ghostverb

   haunt like a ghost; pursue

   "Fear of illness haunts her"

7. ghost, ghostwriteverb

   write for someone else

   "How many books have you ghostwritten so far?"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ghostnoun

   The spirit; the soul of man.

   Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. uE000102364uE001 Spenser

2. ghostnoun

   The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter.

3. ghostnoun

   Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering.

4. ghostnoun

   A false image formed in a telescope, camera, or other optical device by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses.

5. ghostnoun

   An unwanted image similar to and overlapping or adjacent to the main one on a television screen, caused by the transmitted image being received both directly and via reflection.

6. ghostnoun

   A ghostwriter.

7. ghostnoun

   A nature spirit, ancestor or house spirit (see brownie ) revered in Heathenry.

   Before all else, we speak to the land to the ghosts and spirits of this place known to many as pixies, fairies, brownies, or elfs. (Math Jones)

8. ghostnoun

   An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.

9. ghostnoun

   an image of a file or hard disk.

10. ghostverb

    To haunt.

11. ghostverb

    To ghostwrite.

12. ghostverb

    to copy a file or hard drive image.

13. ghostnoun

    An understudy.

14. ghostnoun

    A covert (and deniable) agent.

15. Etymology: From gost, gast, from gast, from gaistaz, from ǵʰeizd-. Cognate with ghaist, geast, geest, Geist, gast, हेड.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GHOSTnoun

   Etymology: gast, Saxon.

   1. The soul of man.

   Vex not his ghost: O, let him pass! He hates him,
   That would upon the rack of this rough world
   Stretch him out longer. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   Often did I strive
   To yield the ghost; but still the envious flood
   Kept in my soul. William Shakespeare, R. III.

   Man, when once cut down, when his pale ghost
   Fleets into air, is for ever lost. George Sandys, Paraphrase.

   2. A spirit appearing after death.

   The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose,
   And armed Edwards look’d with anxious eyes,
   To see this fleet among unequal foes,
   By which fate promis’d them their Charles should rise. Dryd.

   3. To give up the Ghost. To die; to yield up the spirit into the hands of God.

   Their shadows seem
   A canopy most fatal, under which
   Our army lies ready to give up the ghost. William Shakespeare, Jul. Cæs.

   4. The third person in the adorable Trinity, called the Holy Ghost.

2. To Ghostverb

   To haunt with apparitions of departed men. Obsolete.

   Julius Cæsar,
   Who at Philippi the good Brutus ghosted,
   There saw you labouring for him. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopat.

3. To Ghostverb

   To yield up the ghost; to die. Not in use.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Euryalus taking leave of Lucretia, precipitated her into such a love-fit, that within a few hours she ghosted; which course Euryalus was like to have steered, upon the news. Philip Sidney.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ghost

   A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes to realistic, lifelike forms. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. Other terms associated with it are apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter, spirit, spook, wraith, demon, and ghoul. The belief in the existence of an afterlife, as well as manifestations of the spirits of the dead, is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary, human-like essences, though stories of ghostly armies and the ghosts of animals rather than humans have also been recounted. They are believed to haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life. According to a 2009 study by the Pew Research Center, 18% of Americans say they have seen a ghost.The overwhelming consensus of science is that there is no proof that ghosts exist. Their existence is impossible to falsify, and ghost hunting has been classified as pseudoscience. Despite centuries of investigation, there is no scientific evidence that any location is inhabited by the spirits of the dead. Historically, certain toxic and psychoactive plants (such as datura and hyoscyamus niger), whose use has long been associated with necromancy and the underworld, have been shown to contain anticholinergic compounds that are pharmacologically linked to dementia (specifically DLB) as well as histological patterns of neurodegeneration. Recent research has indicated that ghost sightings may be related to degenerative brain diseases such as Alzheimer's disease. Common prescription medication and over-the-counter drugs (such as sleep aids) may also, in rare instances, cause ghost-like hallucinations, particularly zolpidem and diphenhydramine. Older reports linked carbon monoxide poisoning to ghost-like hallucinations.In folklore studies, ghosts fall within the motif index designation E200–E599 ("Ghosts and other revenants").

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ghost

   A ghost is commonly believed to be the lingering spirit or soul of a deceased person that can manifest in a supernatural form, often appearing as a translucent entity or an invisible presence. Ghosts are often associated with haunting or paranormal activity, such as unexplained noises, objects moving, or eerie sightings. They are typically perceived as being intangible and existing in a different realm than the living, and are often linked to unresolved emotions, unfinished business, or a connection to a specific location.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ghostnoun

   the spirit; the soul of man

2. Ghostnoun

   the disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter

3. Ghostnoun

   any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea

4. Ghostnoun

   a false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses

5. Ghostverb

   to die; to expire

6. Ghostverb

   to appear to or haunt in the form of an apparition

7. Etymology: [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. gst breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. gst spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ghost

   In traditional belief and fiction, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to realistic, lifelike visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance. The belief in manifestations of the spirits of the dead is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures. Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to rest the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life, though stories of phantom armies, ghost trains, phantom ships, and even ghost animals have also been recounted.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ghost

   gōst, n. the soul of man: a spirit appearing after death: (Shak.) a dead body: (slang) one who writes a statesman's speeches for him, &c.—v.i. to appear to.—adj. Ghost′-like.—n. Ghost′liness.—adj. Ghost′ly, spiritual, religious: pertaining to apparitions.—ns. Ghost′-moth, a species of moth very common in Britain, its caterpillar destructive to hop-gardens; Ghost′-stō′ry, a story in which ghosts figure; Ghost′-word, a fictitious word that has originated in the blunder of a scribe or printer—common in dictionaries.—Give up the ghost (B.), to die.—Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, the third person in the Trinity. [A.S. gást; Ger. geist.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ghost

   A false image in the lens of an instrument.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ghostadjective

   Out of here: "I'm ghost".

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1. ghostnoun

   The good half of a person life stimulated into an original soundtrack. 1.) An apparition of a dead person that is believed to appear or become manifest to the living, typically as a nebulous image.

   Jay-Z quotes "I'm a Soulja from that mode, I'm the ghost of him."

   Etymology: Meta

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on January 29, 2024  

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Etymology and OriginsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ghost

   One employed by an author or an artist to do his work for him, so called because, his name and personality being withheld from the public, he is kept in the shade. In other words, he is a mere shadow of his master. Originally, however, the term had reference to the friend who had inspired or suggested the work.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GHOST

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ghost is ranked #120901 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ghost surname appeared 143 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ghost.
   
   57.3% or 82 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   33.5% or 48 total occurrences were White.
   5.5% or 8 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

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British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ghost' in Nouns Frequency: #1824

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Anagrams for ghost »

1. goths

2. Goths

How to pronounce ghost?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say ghost in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ghost in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ghost in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of ghost in a Sentence

1. Kambium Buckner:

   People across this city have not been this afraid since the crime spikes in the 90s. Not only has the Mayor not delivered, but she has no plan, i, on the other hand, have a planand the track record to back it up. I was instrumental in banning ghost guns in Illinois, making us the first state in the Midwest to do so.

2. Swiss Major General Urs Gerber:

   They call us a ghost organization.

3. Josh Shapiro:

   Ghost guns are quickly becoming the weapon of choice for criminals and fueling the gun violence epidemic, these DIY gun kits should be subject to the same background checks and qualifications as fully functioning firearms to prevent criminals who are not legally able to purchase or possess guns from getting their hands on these deadly, untraceable weapons.

4. Hoshiyar Zebari:

   Definitely we will recommend strongly that there should be some serious deep-rooted reforms in the military security establishment to fight corruption, mismanagement, but at the same time, the military has to be cleaned of all these numbers, figures of ghost soldiers and other mismanagement.

5. Nick Suplina:

   More is unknown about ghost guns than known, law enforcement is increasingly having to familiarize themselves with them, but it's not hit the public consciousness yet that there is a legal, untraceable firearm out there that can be ordered in parts online and assembled at home.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=ghost
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ghost
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=ghost
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ghost
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=ghost
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=ghost
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=ghost
10. ^ Etymology and Origins
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/54657/pg54657-images.html#:~:text=ghost
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
12. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=ghost