A fictional ghost in A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens; it visits Ebenezer Scrooge in order to show his impending fate of death and loneliness in a future Christmas that is ultimately avoided.

plural of ghost piece

(video games) A representation of where a piece will land if it falls without intervention (such as moving it away or rotating it) in the video game Tetris.

plural of ghost prisoner

plural of ghost image

(rare) Person who vandalizes books by ripping their pages out and stealing them.

plural of ghost band

plural of ghetto bird

(Internet) A comment, on a social networking website, that has been deleted, resulting in confusion since the conversation is now incomplete.

Any small holothurian resembling in form a gherkin.