Syn: ghost. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
ghost-write — ghostˈ write intransitive verb and transitive verb To write for another as a ghost • • • Main Entry: ↑ghost * * * ghost|write or ghost write «GOHST RYT», transitive verb, intransitive verb, wrote, writ|ten, writ … Useful english dictionary
ghost|write — or ghost write «GOHST RYT», transitive verb, intransitive verb, wrote, writ|ten, writ|ing. to write (something) for another who pretends to be the author: »This client telephoned my friend…and asked that he ghost write a letter to be s … Useful english dictionary
ghost-write — ghost writes, ghost writing, ghost wrote, ghost written also ghost write VERB: usu passive If a book or other piece of writing is ghost written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then… … English dictionary
ghost-write — ghost writer ► NOUN ▪ a person employed to write material for another person, who is the named author. DERIVATIVES ghost write verb … English terms dictionary
ghost write — see ghost write … English dictionary
ghost·write — … Useful english dictionary
ghost writer — ghost .writer n someone who is paid to write a book or story for another person, who then says it is their own work >ghost write v [T] … Dictionary of contemporary English
ghost writer — ► NOUN ▪ a person employed to write material for another person, who is the named author. DERIVATIVES ghost write verb … English terms dictionary
ghost — [[t]go͟ʊst[/t]] ghosts, ghosting, ghosted 1) N COUNT: oft N of n A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel. ...the ghost of Marie Antoinette... The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children. 2)… … English dictionary
ghost — 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… … Useful english dictionary
