Phrase Hound found 264 phrases and 82 compound words that contain ghost. The most common are listed below. Open ghost in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 264
- ghost townA town which has become deserted, usually due to failing economic activity, especially one that still has substantial visible remains.
- give up the ghostTo cease clinging to life; to die.
- Ghost FestivalA traditional Buddhist and Taoist festival in Asia, when ghosts and spirits are said to emerge from the lower realm, and deceased ancestors are venerated.
- God the Holy GhostThe person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence present in the faithful (particularly, inspired prophets) and considered to proceed either (Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father alone or (Roman …
- ghost storyA story about ghosts or the supernatural, often meant to be frightening.
- ghost storiesplural of ghost story: A story about ghosts or the supernatural, often meant to be frightening.
- ghost trainA fairground attraction in which participants ride through a haunted house in a railcar.
- Ghost DanceA 19th-century religious movement, incorporated into numerous Native American belief systems, according to which performing a dance would reunite the living with spirits of the dead and bring prosperity and unity to native peoples.
- ghost shipAn abandoned ship, or (science fiction, by extension) spaceship, that is haunted and possibly adrift.
- ghost wordA fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation …
- Holy GhostThe person (hypostasis) of the Trinity or Godhead corresponding to divine essence, which becomes present in and among the faithful (particularly inspired prophets) and is considered to proceed either (Eastern Orthodoxy) from God the Father …
- ghost goalAn apparent goal in which it is not clear whether or not the ball crossed the goal line.
- Ghost of Christmas PastA fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show him his past, especially certain events of past Christmases that contributed to his later distaste for Christmas.
- Ghost of Christmas PresentA fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, who visits Ebenezer Scrooge accompanied by a great feast in order to show him events of the current Christmas.
- ghost bikeA bicycle painted white and set up as a roadside memorial to indicate where a cyclist was killed by traffic.
- hungry ghostA type of supernatural being, condemned to desire more than it can consume; often depicted with large belly and tiny mouth.
- Ghost of Christmas Yet to ComeA fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.
- ghost-writeAlternative form of ghostwrite: To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- ghost characterA character who is mentioned as appearing on stage, but does not do anything and seems to have no purpose.
- ghost flightAn empty or near-empty flight run by an airline to fulfill contractual obligations.
- ghost skinA white supremacist who hides his/her views in order to blend in with society.
- yield the ghostTo give up the ghost.
- ghost gunA gun without serial numbers that cannot be easily tracked, especially a homemade gun built with nonregistered, partially finished, or 3D printed components.
- ghost imageAny undesired image appearing at the image plane of an optical system; either a false image of the desired object, or an out-of-focus image of a bright source of light in the field of the optical system.
- ghost in the machineThe mental activity that occurs in parallel with physical action, but with no known way for the two to interact, according to the theories of mind-body dualism.
Compound words 82
- ghostlyOf or pertaining to ghosts or spirits.
- ghostwriterA professional writer who is paid to write material that is officially credited to another person; one who writes on behalf of someone else, often for a celebrity.
- ghosthunterA person who attempts to track down ghosts.
- ghostlandA land inhabited by ghosts.
- ghostyghostly
- ghostdomThe condition, state, or realm of ghosts or spirits; spirituality; spiritualism.
- ghostkingA king of ghosts or spirits; a ghostly or spiritual king; a king of one's own spirit or soul; a god; God.
- beghostTo endow with a spirit or ghost; haunt.
- ghostenOf, belonging to, or pertaining to ghosts; ghostly; spiritual.
- ghostbusterSomeone who purports to rid a place of ghosts.