ghost:1
nounbefore 12th century{ds||1||}
- the seat of life or intelligence : soul
- a disembodied soul; especially : the soul of a dead person believed to be an inhabitant of the unseen world or to appear to the living in bodily likeness
- spirit, demon
ghost:2
verb
ghost
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circa 1616{ds|t|1||}
- to haunt like a ghost
- ghostwrite
- to cut off all contact with (someone) abruptly and usually without explanation : to subject (someone, such as a former romantic partner) to ghosting
Ghost Dance
noun
Ghost Dance
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1876
- a group dance of a late 19th century Indigenous messianic cult of the western U.S. believed to promote the return of the dead and the restoration of traditional ways of life
ghost gun
noun
ghost gun
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2001
- a gun that lacks a serial number by which it can be identified and that is typically assembled by the user (as from purchased or homemade components)
ghost kitchen
noun
ghost kitchen
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2015
- a commercial cooking facility used for the preparation of food consumed off the premises —called also cloud kitchen, dark kitchen
ghost pepper
noun
ghost pepper
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2008
- a small, extremely hot chili pepper of southern Asia that is a hybrid between two species (Capsicum chinensis and Capsicum frutescens) —called also bhut jolokia
ghost story
noun
ghost story
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1730{ds||1||}
- a story about ghosts
- a tale based on imagination rather than fact
ghost town
noun
ghost town
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1894
- a once-flourishing town wholly or nearly deserted usually as a result of the exhaustion of some natural resource
ghost word
noun
ghost word
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1887
- a word form never in established usage
Ghost Ranch:g
geographical name
Ghost Ranch
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- former ranch and present-day desert retreat center located within a national forest in northern New Mexico
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