ghosting

1. 1
   nouncolloquialuncountable

   The act of cutting off all contact with someone to end a relationship, without ever explaining why.

   Like walking out of a room and never coming back, without saying goodbye.

   After three good dates, his sudden ghosting left her hurt and confused.

   Ghosting has become a common way to end things in online dating.

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2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of ghost. Use this form after words like "is" or "was", or as the "-ing" naming form.

   She is ghosting all her old friends these days.

   He kept ghosting people he met online.

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3. 3
   noununcountable

   A faint extra image on a TV screen, caused when the signal reaches the set by more than one path.

   Like seeing two faint copies of the same picture slightly apart.

   Bad weather caused ghosting on the old TV set.

   We saw ghosting whenever a plane flew over the house.

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   A keyboard fault where pressing several keys at once makes the computer act as if another key was pressed too.

   Cheap keyboards often show ghosting during fast gaming.

   When I held down three keys together, ghosting made a fourth letter appear on the screen.

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5. 5
   noununcountable

   When writing on one side of a notebook page shows faintly through to the other side.

   Like seeing light through a thin curtain.

   The thin paper caused bad ghosting from my pen.

   I noticed ghosting where my notes bled through the page.

   Similarshow-through

6. 6
   noununcountable

   A kind of identity theft where someone takes over the identity of a dead person who is not known to be dead.

   Like wearing the mask of someone who is gone, so no one notices the difference.

   The fraud ring used ghosting to claim benefits for years.

   Police uncovered ghosting after a "living" man turned out to have died long ago.

7. 7
   noununcountable

   The process of making an exact copy of everything on a computer's hard drive.

   Like printing many copies of one filled-in form at once.

   The IT team used ghosting to set up fifty new laptops quickly.

   Ghosting saved us hours when we rebuilt the office computers.

   Similarcloning, imaging

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8. 8
   nounslanguncountable

   The habit of breathing out vape smoke very slowly so that others do not notice it.

   Like letting air out of a balloon slowly so it makes no sound.

   He got caught despite his careful ghosting in the back row.

   Ghosting let her hide the smoke from the teacher.

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9. 9
   noununcountable

   The practice of hiding prisoners so that outside inspectors cannot find or see them.

   Like hiding toys before a guest arrives so they never know the toys exist.

   The guards were accused of ghosting to keep certain inmates hidden.

   Ghosting kept some detainees off the official records.

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