Ghost Definition
gōst
ghosted, ghosting, ghosts
noun
ghosts
The spirit or soul.
Webster's New World
A dead person's disembodied spirit, esp. when thought of as appearing to the living as a pale, shadowy apparition.
Webster's New World
A haunting memory.
Webster's New World
A faint, shadowy semblance; inkling.
Webster's New World
A slight trace.
Not a ghost of a chance.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- ghostwriter
- trace
- touch
- spectre
- specter
- spook
- shade
- wraith
- kelpie
- supernatural visitant
- etheric being
- ethereal being
- incorporeal being
- appearance
- vision
verb
ghosted, ghosting, ghosts
To work as a ghostwriter.
Webster's New World
To engage in ghostwriting.
American Heritage
To haunt.
Webster's New World
To be the ghostwriter of.
Webster's New World
To move noiselessly like a ghost.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
Origin of Ghost
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From Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst (“breath, soul, spirit, ghost, being”), from Proto-Germanic *gaistaz (“ghost, spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeizd-, *ǵʰizd- (“anger, agitation”), *ǵʰeysd-, *ǵʰisd- (“anger, agitation”). Cognate with Scots ghaist (“ghost”), West Frisian geast (“spirit”), Dutch geest (“spirit, mind, ghost”), German Geist (“spirit, mind, intellect”), Swedish gast (“ghost”), Sanskrit हेड (heḍa, “anger, hatred”).
From Wiktionary
Middle English gost from Old English gāst breath, spirit
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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