ALL meanings of give up the ghost
give up the ghost
G g - verbal expression give up the ghost stop functioning 1
- noun give up the ghost the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons. 1
- noun give up the ghost a mere shadow or semblance; a trace: He's a ghost of his former self. 1
- noun give up the ghost a remote possibility: He hasn't a ghost of a chance. 1
- noun give up the ghost (sometimes initial capital letter) a spiritual being. 1
- noun give up the ghost the principle of life; soul; spirit. 1
- noun give up the ghost Informal. ghost writer. 1
- noun give up the ghost a secondary image, especially one appearing on a television screen as a white shadow, caused by poor or double reception or by a defect in the receiver. 1
- noun give up the ghost Also called ghost image. Photography. a faint secondary or out-of-focus image in a photographic print or negative resulting from reflections within the camera lens. 1
- noun give up the ghost an oral word game in which each player in rotation adds a letter to those supplied by preceding players, the object being to avoid ending a word. 1
- noun give up the ghost Optics. a series of false spectral lines produced by a diffraction grating with unevenly spaced lines. 1
- noun give up the ghost Metalworking. a streak appearing on a freshly machined piece of steel containing impurities. 1
- noun give up the ghost a red blood cell having no hemoglobin. 1
- noun give up the ghost a fictitious employee, business, etc., fabricated especially for the purpose of manipulating funds or avoiding taxes: Investigation showed a payroll full of ghosts. 1
- verb with object give up the ghost to ghostwrite (a book, speech, etc.). 1
- verb with object give up the ghost to haunt. 1
- verb with object give up the ghost Engraving. to lighten the background of (a photograph) before engraving. 1
- verb with object give up the ghost Informal. to suddenly end all contact with (a person) without explanation, especially in a romantic relationship: The guy I’ve been dating ghosted me. to leave (a social event or gathering) suddenly without saying goodbye: My friend ghosted my birthday party. 1
- verb with object give up the ghost Digital Technology. to remove (comments, threads, or other digital content) from a website or online forum without informing the poster, keeping them hidden from the public but still visible to the poster. 1
- verb without object give up the ghost to ghostwrite. 1
- verb without object give up the ghost to go about or move like a ghost. 1
- verb without object give up the ghost (of a sailing vessel) to move when there is no perceptible wind. 1
- verb without object give up the ghost to pay people for work not performed, especially as a way of manipulating funds. 1
- verb without object give up the ghost Informal. to suddenly end all contact with a person without explanation, especially in a romantic relationship: They dated for a month and then she ghosted. to leave a social event or gathering suddenly without saying goodbye: I'm getting tired so I think I might just ghost. 1
- verb without object give up the ghost Digital Technology. to remove comments, threads, or other digital content from a website or online forum without informing the poster, keeping them hidden from the public but still visible to the poster. 1
- adjective give up the ghost fabricated for purposes of deception or fraud: We were making contributions to a ghost company. 1
- idioms give up the ghost give up the ghost, to die. to cease to function or exist. 1
- noun give up the ghost to die 0
- noun give up the ghost (of a machine) to stop working 0