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11Ghost moth — Ghost Ghost (g[=o]st), n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g[=e]st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.] [1913 Webster] 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]… …
12ghost — [gōst] n. [altered (prob. after Fl gheest) < ME goste < OE gast, soul, spirit, demon, akin to Ger geist < IE base * gheizd , to be excited, frightened > Sans hēḋ , to be angry] 1. the spirit or soul: now only in give up the ghost (to… …
13The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda — Genre Animation Voices of Frank Welker Don Messick Brad Garrett Narrated by Héctor Elizondo (Main Title Narrator) Country of …
14ghost — ghost1 [gəust US goust] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(spirit)¦ 2¦(memory/effect)¦ 3 the ghost of a smile/sound etc 4¦(television/computer)¦ 5 give up the ghost 6 (not) a ghost of a chance ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: gast] 1.) ¦(SPIRIT)¦ …
15ghost — 1 noun (C) 1 the spirit of a dead person that some people think they can feel or see in a place: The ghosts of past landlords are said to haunt this pub. | ghost story: We used to scare each other by telling ghost stories at night. see also: Holy …
16not have a prayer — (informal) HAVE NO HOPE, have/stand no chance, not have/stand (the ghost of) a chance; informal not have a hope in hell, not have/stand an earthly; Austral./NZ informal not have Buckley s (chance). → prayer * * * not have a prayer informal …
17ghost — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gost, gast, from Old English gāst; akin to Old High German geist spirit, Sanskrit heḍa anger Date: before 12th century 1. the seat of life or intelligence ; soul < give up the ghost > 2. a disembodied soul;… …
18ghost — n. & v. n. 1 the supposed apparition of a dead person or animal; a disembodied spirit. 2 a shadow or mere semblance (not a ghost of a chance). 3 an emaciated or pale person. 4 a secondary or duplicated image produced by defective television… …
19ghost — [[t]goʊst[/t]] n. 1) the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined as wandering, often in vague or evanescent form, among the living and sometimes haunting them; wraith 2) a mere shadow or semblance; trace: She s a ghost of her former… …
20not have a prayer — informal everyone thought this Minnesota team didn t have a prayer against Duke Syn: have no hope, have/stand no chance, not have/stand (the ghost of) a chance; informal not have a hope in hell …
