(intransitive, idiomatic) To cease clinging to life; to die. / (intransitive, idiomatic, figuratively) To quit; to cease functioning.

Great Galactic Ghoul

Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits. / Spooky; frightening. / Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual.

(authorship, intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works). / (authorship, transitive) To author a literary work or speech in the place of another.

(linguistics) A fictitious or erroneous word, originally meaningless (not used in practice), that has been published in a dictionary or similarly authoritative reference work or otherwise listed as genuine, generally as the result of misinterpretation, misreading, or typographical error.

(photography) Any undesired image appearing at the image plane of an optical system; either a false image of the desired object, or an out-of-focus image of a bright source of light in the field of the optical system.

(computing) A copy of all the contents of a hard drive, used as a backup.

(archaic, idiomatic) For a person, to die.

(Australia, Melbourne, Sydney) A parking inspector, a person issuing tickets fining vehicles parked illegally or for too long.

Any of several burrowing crabs, of the genus Ocypode, found along sandy shores.