ghost

/ษกoสŠst/

IPA: /G OW1 S T/

noun
  1. 1

    The spirit; the soul of man.

  2. 2

    The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death

    โ€œEveryone believed that the ghost of an old lady haunted the crypt.โ€

  3. 3

    Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image

    โ€œnot a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an ideaโ€

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    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. 6

    A ghostwriter.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    An image of a file or hard disk.

  9. 9

    An understudy.

  10. 10

    A covert (and deniable) agent.

  11. 11

    The faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.

  12. 12

    An opponent in a racing game that follows a previously recorded route, allowing players to compete against previous best times.

  13. 13

    A dead person whose identity is stolen by another. See ghosting.

  14. 14

    (in names of species) White or pale.

    โ€œghost slug; ghostberry; ghostflower; ghost crab; ghost batโ€

  15. 15

    (in names of species) Transparent or translucent.

    โ€œghost ant; ghost catfish; ghost nipper; ghost nudibranchโ€

  16. 16

    Abandoned.

    โ€œghost town; ghost net; ghost ramp; ghost shipโ€

  17. 17

    Remnant; the remains of a(n).

    โ€œghost cell; ghost crater; ghost imageโ€

  18. 18

    Perceived or listed but not real.

    โ€œghost pain; ghost cellphone vibration; ghost island; ghost voterโ€

  19. 19

    Of cryptid, supernatural or extraterrestrial nature.

    โ€œghost rocket; ghost deer; ghost catโ€

  20. 20

    Substitute.

    โ€œghost writer; ghost band; ghost singerโ€

verb
  1. 1

    To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.

  2. 2

    To die; to expire.

  3. 3

    To ghostwrite.

  4. 4

    To sail seemingly without wind.

  5. 5

    To copy a file or hard drive image.

  6. 6

    To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.

  7. 7

    To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.

  8. 8

    To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.

  9. 9

    To kill.

  10. 10

    To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ghost