ghosting

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Synonyms: hosting, ghostling, gloating, hoisting, ghostie, ghostism, goating, posting, shooting, shouting, boosting

Antonyms: hosting, ghostling, gloating, hoisting, ghostie, ghostism, goating, posting, shooting, shouting, boosting

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q21050182}} {{lb|en|colloquial}} A method of [[end]]ing a [[personal]] [[relationship]] by [[stop]]ping any [[contact]] with the other [[party]] and not [[provide|providing]] an [[explanation]]. {{defdate|from 2000s}}
2. {{lb|en|electronics|television}} The [[blurry]] appearance of a television picture resulting from [[interference]] caused by [[multipath]] reception.
3. A form of [[identity theft]] in which someone steals the identity, and sometimes even the role within society, of a specific dead person (the "ghost") who is not widely known to be deceased.
4. The [[phenomenon]] of the [[writing]] on one side of a [[page]] in a [[notebook]] being partly visible on the other side.
5. {{lb|en|computing}} [[ghost imaging|Ghost imaging]].
6. The practice of hiding [[prisoner]]s from inspection by outside [[inspector]]s.
7. {{lb|en|slang}} The [[act]] or [[habit]] of [[exhale|exhaling]] [[vape]] [[smoke]] [[slowly]], to [[prevent]] others from [[notice|noticing]]. <!-- https://www.akleg.gov/basis/get_documents.asp?session=33&docid=14347 -->
8. {{lb|en|computing}} A problem with a [[keyboard]] where certain [[simultaneous]] [[keypress]]es trigger the action of a further key that was not in fact pressed.

Verb

1. {{infl of|en|ghost||ing-form}}

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