ghost
ghost
goƊst
gowst
/ɡˈə‍ʊst/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "ghost"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āωāĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to abruptly cut off communication with someone, especially online, without explanation
Transitive: to ghost sb
to ghost definition and meaning
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She is ghosting him after the party.
āϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻ˜ā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻž

to move in a smooth, quiet, and effortless manner
Intransitive: to ghost somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dancer seemed to ghost across the stage, her movements so fluid and quiet.
āύāĻ°ā§āϤāϕ⧀āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžā§āϚ āϜ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϚāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āϗ⧇āϞ, āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāϞāύ āĻāϤāϟāĻžāχ āĻŽāϏ⧃āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĨ¤
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āĻ—ā§‹āĻ¸ā§āϟāϰāĻžāχāϟāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϞāĻŽ āϧāĻžāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to write for someone else, usually without taking credit for the work
Transitive: to ghost a written work
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The author hired a professional to ghost his next book so he could focus on other projects.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻŦāχāϟāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϞāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ⧇ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϭ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϭ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āĻ˜ā§‹āϰāĻžāĻĢ⧇āϰāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to repeatedly appear or make one's presence felt in a way that is eerie, unsettling, or lingering
Transitive: to ghost a person or their thoughts
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unresolved conflict continued to ghost their meetings, making it hard for them to focus.
āĻ…āĻŽā§€āĻŽāĻžāĻ‚āϏāĻŋāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§āĻŦ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϭ⧁āϤ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϤāĻžā§œāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇, āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧋āϞ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‚āϤ, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϤ

a dead person or animal's spirit that appears to the living
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
According to local folklore, the castle is haunted by the ghost of a former queen.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϞ⧋āĻ•āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏāĻžāϰ⧇, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ•ā§āϤāύ āϰāĻžāύ⧀āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĨ¤
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āĻ­ā§‚āϤ, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϤ

a representation or manifestation of a haunting experience in one's mind
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The ghost of her past mistakes haunted her thoughts daily.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ…āϤ⧀āϤ⧇āϰ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĻāĻŋāύ āϤāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻšā§āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āχāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāϤ

a faint trace or hint of a certain quality
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt a ghost of doubt despite her confident speech.
āϤāĻžāϰ āφāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“ āϏ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ›āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ•, āĻĒā§āϰ⧇āϤ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ•

a writer who creates content that is credited to another person
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She worked as a ghost for several bestselling authors.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ•āϜāύ āĻŦ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϟāϏ⧇āϞāĻŋāĻ‚ āϞ⧇āĻ–āϕ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ­ā§‚āϤ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻ• āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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