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to ghost

to ghost

1 6.8
To move quietly and smoothly so people do not notice
  • verb
  • /ɡoʊst/
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  • As the players moved, they ghosted around the defenders with ease and skill.
  • ghosted up from behind
  • ghosted away
  • ghosted through the front

I I mean the body, it's voice ghosting movements of a larger shore, wave, lap, dissolve, roar.

Examples

  • The cat ghosted silently across the room, unnoticed by everyone.

  • How quickly you forget how I can ghost through the city... tracking whom I please.

  • Scott, because he held a lot of hats, could ghost by as a number of things for us from the bench.

    Blog text (32)
  • Plan was to clean the bank, ghost the mercs... break wide through the tunnel.

  • Cunning, ghosting back and forth across the border.

  • He followed me to Dillsburg, ghosting along behind.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • She ghosted through the garden, careful not to make a sound.

Synonyms

to creep
vsto ghost
155 2.5

To move slowly and quietly with the body low to the ground

moves quietly but usually not in a gliding way
to slither
vsto ghost
35 4.3

To move smoothly and quietly like a snake along the ground

moves quietly but not necessarily by sliding
to skulk
vsto ghost
20 7.7

To move or act quietly to avoid being noticed

focuses on secretive behavior rather than specific quiet movement
1 8.6

To hide and move quietly in dark places to avoid being seen

moves quietly but without always hiding in darkness
to mouse
vsto ghost
8.7

To move quietly and carefully so other people do not notice

moves quietly but may also suggest smooth gliding

Antonyms

144 2.9

To walk heavily and loudly to show anger or determination

29 3.9

To make a loud rattling sound by hitting hard things together

Idioms

4 8.1

To die or stop working after a long time of problems

To seem invisible because other people ignore you

1 5.0

Very pale from fear, shock, or illness

9.9

A short phrase showing surprise or disbelief

9.8

To stop working or to die after a long time of getting worse

Compounds

Holy Ghost
  • Formal
33 6.7

A spirit of God in Christian belief that guides and comforts people

31 4.9

A town with no people because everyone left, often once lively

31 3.2

A story about ghosts that tries to scare or entertain

ghost dance
  • Literature
1 9.8

A religious dance from the late 1800s in which Native American people try to talk with spirits and find hope

ghost bullet
  • Specialized
9.9

A bullet that leaves almost no sign to show where it came from

ghost driver
  • Specialized
8.9

A person or system that controls a car when no one can be seen inside

ghost gum
  • Australian
8.8

A small or medium tree from Australia and Tasmania with smooth pale bark that peels in strips

A house that feels empty and full of old memories

9.9

A plant with bright white flower clusters and poisonous milky sap

ghost word
  • Specialized
9.9

A word that enters a language because of a mistake, like a misprint, and has no real use

How Stealthy

to ghost
1 6.8
sneak
2 5.6
to creep
155 2.5
to walk
1.0

Surface Forms

ghost infinitive
ghosted past
ghosted past participle
ghosting present participle
ghosts third person singular

Etymology

Ghost (to move quietly) uses the picture of a spirit that floats and is hard to notice, so to ghost through a room is to move smoothly and without sound.