ghost

/gəʊst/ noun [C]

Translation

› the spirit of a dead person which appears to people who are alive

hayalet

Do you believe in ghosts? a ghost story 727750

give up the ghost UK humorous › If a machine gives up the ghost, it stops working completely.

tamamen bozulmak, çökmek, çalışmamak

My car has given up the ghost.2503

ghostly adjective ›

ruhani

a ghostly figure

(Definition of ghost noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to do something that spoils someone's plans

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