ghost
/ɡoʊst/ noun A1- A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
- Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image. · not a ghost of a chance· the ghost of an idea
- A false image, such as in a photographic print or negative, on a television screen, radar display, or telescope, caused by poor or double reception or reflection (from a lens or screen).
- A faint image that remains after an attempt to remove graffiti.
- A nonexistent person invented to obtain some (typically fraudulent) benefit.
- A dead person whose identity is stolen by another (see ghosting).
- An unresponsive user on IRC, resulting from the user's client disconnecting without notifying the server.
- A copy of a file or record.
Plural ghosts
From the library
And the ghost of a little murdered child haunts the corner up by Idlewild; it creeps up behind you and lays its cold fingers on your hand--so.
That is when ghosts walk.”
“There are no such things as ghosts, Anne.”
She marched the shrinking ghost-seer down to the spring and ordered her to proceed straightway over the bridge and into the dusky retreats of wailing ladies and headless specters beyond.
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