ghost


ghost (http://definr.com/ghost)

     n 1: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
          looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters
          from his past" [syn: shade, spook, wraith, specter,
           spectre]
     2: a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
        [syn: ghostwriter]
     3: the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
     4: a suggestion of some quality; "there was a touch of sarcasm
        in his tone"; "he detected a ghost of a smile on her face"
        [syn: touch, trace]
     v 1: move like a ghost; "The masked men ghosted across the
          moonlit yard"
     2: haunt like a ghost; pursue; ""Fear of illness haunts her"
        [syn: haunt, obsess]
     3: write for someone else; "How many books have you
        ghostwritten so far?" [syn: ghostwrite]