english
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noun
spook:
We thought we saw a ghost.
Simple Definitions
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noun VERB + GHOST see You look as if you've seen a ghost! | believe in I don't believe in ghosts. | exorcise, lay to rest A priest was called in to exorcise the ghost. GHOST + VERB appear, haunt sth, walk dark, cold nights when ghosts walk GHOST + NOUN story PREP. ~ of The ghost of a hanged poacher is said to haunt the manor house. PHRASES as pale/white as a ghost He looked as pale as a ghost as he climbed out of the wrecked car.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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ghost
the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place:
• His ghost is believed to haunt the house.
spirit
a creature without a physical body, such as an angel or ghost:
• evil spirits • the spirit world
apparition
an image of a dead person that someone sees suddenly for a short time:
• He claimed to have seen an apparition in the church.
poltergeist
a ghost that people cannot see, which throws things or moves things around:
• The house was haunted by a poltergeist that makes things move around all by themselves, sometimes quite big things like beds or wardrobes.
spook
informal a ghost:
• I’m not scared of spooks.
phantom
literary a frightening and unclear image of a dead person:
• They had seen phantoms gliding on the surface of the water.
spectre
British English , specter American English literary a ghost, especially a frightening one:
• She had looked like a spectre. • The following night, the spectre appeared again.
Longman-Thesaurus
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In addition to the idiom beginning with GHOST, Also see CHINAMAN'S (GHOST OF A) CHANCE; GIVE UP THE GHOST.
American Heritage Idioms