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ghost

verb
  1. to leave a gathering without saying goodbye
    “They ghosted an hour ago.”
  2. write for someone else
    “How many books have you ghosted so far?”
    ghostwrite
  3. haunt like a ghost
    hauntobsess
  4. move like a ghost
    “The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard”
noun
  1. a mental representation of a haunting experience
    “The ghost of my experience in the war followed me.”
    shade
  2. a hint of a particular quality
    “There was a ghost of happiness in the film.”
    touch
  3. the visible disembodied soul of a dead person
    “The ghost of Banquo appeared during the feast.”
  4. a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else
    “The celebrity's autobiography was, in fact, written by a ghost.”
    ghostwriter