ghost
noun
/ɡoʊst/
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/ɡɐʉst/
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/ɡəʊst/
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/ɡʱosʈ/
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- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
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Gespenst,
Geist,
Phantom,
Erscheinung,
Spuk
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- 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.
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Geisterbild
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- (by extension) Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image.
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Schatten
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ghosting
noun
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- The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.
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Geisterbild
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- (computing) A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.
- (colloquial) A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation. [from 2000s]
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Ghosting
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ghost
verb
/ɡoʊst/
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/ɡɐʉst/
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/ɡəʊst/
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/ɡʱosʈ/
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- (chiefly, social media, slang) To stop communicating with (someone) on social media, though text messages, etc., without explanation, especially as a way of ending a relationship; hence, to end a relationship with (someone) by stopping all communication without explanation.
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ghosten
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