ghost (n.)

  1. a mental representation of some haunting experience; he looked like he had seen a ghost; it aroused specters from his past

    [ Syn: shade , spook , wraith , specter , spectre ]

  2. a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else

    [ Syn: ghostwriter ]

  3. the visible disembodied soul of a dead person

  4. a suggestion of some quality; there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone; he detected a ghost of a smile on her face

    [ Syn: touch , trace ]

    ghost (v.)

  1. move like a ghost; The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard'

  2. haunt like a ghost; pursue; Fear of illness haunts her

    [ Syn: haunt , obsess ]

  3. write for someone else; How many books have you ghostwritten so far?

    [ Syn: ghostwrite ]

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