present participle of give up the ghost

past participle of give up the ghost

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of give up the ghost

(particle physics) An extraneous field introduced into gauge quantum field theories to maintain the consistency of the path integral formulation.

plural of ghost-faced bat

(US, economics) A company that was properly registered with a cognizant State authority and may have an associated bank account, but was not renewed with the State after its first year. These companies are sold with, or without a bank account intact within the first year by the Registered Agent (RA) to third parties while continuing to use the RA address as the business address thereby enabling the third party to operate with anonymity during and beyond the first year.

Synonym of bhut jolokia

Apteronotus albifrons, a tropical fish of South America, black all over except for two white rings on its tail and a white blaze on its nose, occasionally extending into a stripe down the back.

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.

(idiomatic) Something unpleasant from one's past that "haunts" them (makes them feel uneasy) to the present day.