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ghosting

/ˈɡoʊstɪŋ/

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verb

To haunt; to appear to in the form of an apparition.

Examples :

"The old house was said to ghost the neighborhood at night, appearing as shadowy figures in the windows. "

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To die; to expire.

Examples :

"The old oak tree in our backyard finally ghosted last summer after the long drought. "

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verb

Examples :

"The celebrity hired a writer to ghostwrite her autobiography. "

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To sail seemingly without wind.

Examples :

"The small sailboat was ghosting across the lake, moving almost imperceptibly despite the seemingly calm conditions. "

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To copy a file or hard drive image.

Examples :

"The IT technician is ghosting the old computers' hard drives onto new ones to quickly set them up for the new employees. "

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To gray out (a visual item) to indicate that it is unavailable.

Examples :

"The software is ghosting the "Submit" button until you fill in all the required fields. "

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To forcibly disconnect an IRC user who is using one's reserved nickname.

Examples :

"Someone was using my nickname, so I had to ghost them to reclaim it on IRC. "

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To appear without warning; to move quickly and quietly; to slip.

Examples :

"The cat was sleeping peacefully, then ghosting out of the room when she heard the vacuum cleaner start. "

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verb

Examples :

"He failed to water the plant regularly, effectively ghosting it and causing it to die. "

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To break up with someone without warning or explanation; to perform an act of ghosting.

Examples :

"After their first date, she thought things went well, but he ghosted her and never replied to her texts. "

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noun

The practice of hiding prisoners from inspection from (possibly hostile) outside inspectors.

Examples :

"The report accused the prison officials of ghosting, alleging they moved inmates to unlisted locations whenever international observers arrived for inspections. "

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noun

The blurry appearance of a television picture resulting from interference caused by multipath reception.

Examples :

"The old television's ghosting made it hard to see the football game clearly, as there were faint, blurry outlines around the players. "

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noun

Examples :

"The scientists were excited to see clear "ghosting" in the new quantum imaging experiment, proving the entanglement of the photons. "

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A form of identity theft in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.

Examples :

"The elderly woman claimed her neighbor's recent rise to local political prominence was achieved through ghosting: she suspected he'd stolen the identity of a deceased, unknown local historian. "

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A problem with a keyboard where certain simultaneous keypresses trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.

Examples :

"During the fast-paced video game, I experienced frustrating ghosting on my keyboard, where pressing "A" and "W" together also made my character randomly jump. "

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A method of ending a personal relationship by stopping any contact with the other party and not providing an explanation.

Examples :

"After a few dates, her ghosting was a clear sign he wasn't interested in continuing the relationship. "

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The phenomenon of the writing on one side of a page in a notebook being partly visible on the other side.

Examples :

"The notebook's thin paper resulted in noticeable ghosting, making it hard to read the notes on the reverse side. "

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