Gha|na|ian /gɑːne I ən/ (Ghanaians )
1 ADJ Ghanaian means belonging or relating to Ghana, or to its people, language or culture.
2 N‑COUNT Ghanaians are people who are Ghanaian.
ghast|ly /gɑː stli, gæ stli/ ADJ If you describe someone or something as ghastly , you mean that you find them very unpleasant. [INFORMAL ] □ …a mother accompanied by her ghastly unruly child. □ It was the worst week of my life. It was ghastly.
GHB /dʒiː e I tʃ biː / N‑UNCOUNT GHB is a drug with some medical uses, which some people take illegally to make them feel happy and energetic. GHB is an abbreviation for 'gamma hydroxybutyrate'.
ghee /giː / N‑UNCOUNT Ghee is a hard fat that is obtained by heating butter made from the milk of a cow or a buffalo. Ghee is used in Indian cooking.
gher|kin /gɜː r k I n/ (gherkins ) N‑COUNT Gherkins are small green cucumbers that have been preserved in vinegar.
ghet|to /ge toʊ/ (ghettos or ghettoes ) N‑COUNT A ghetto is a part of a city in which many poor people or many people of a particular race, religion, or nationality live separately from everyone else. □ …the black ghettos of New York and Los Angeles.
ghe t|to blast|er (ghetto blasters ) also ghetto-blaster N‑COUNT A ghetto blaster is a large portable radio and cassette player with built-in speakers, especially one that is played loudly in public by young people. [mainly BRIT , INFORMAL ] in AM, use boom box
ghost /goʊ st/ (ghosts , ghosting , ghosted )
1 N‑COUNT A ghost is the spirit of a dead person that someone believes they can see or feel. □ [+ of ] …the ghost of Marie Antoinette. □ [+ of ] The village is haunted by the ghosts of the dead children.
2 N‑COUNT The ghost of something, especially of something bad that has happened, is the memory of it. □ [+ of ] …the ghost of anti-Americanism.
3 N‑SING If there is a ghost of something, that thing is so faint or weak that it hardly exists. □ [+ of ] He gave the ghost of a smile. □ [+ of ] The sun was warm and there was just a ghost of a breeze from the north-west.
4 VERB If a book or other piece of writing is ghosted , it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work. □ [be V -ed] I published his autobiography, which was very competently ghosted by a woman journalist from the Daily Mail. □ [V n] I ghosted his weekly rugby column for the Telegraph.
5 PHRASE [with neg] If someone does not stand or does not have a ghost of a chance of doing something, they have very little chance of succeeding in it. [INFORMAL ] □ He doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of selling the house.
ghost|ly /goʊ stli/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is ghostly seems unreal or unnatural and may be frightening because of this. □ The moon shone, shedding a ghostly light on the fields. □ …Sonia's ghostly laughter.
2 ADJ [ADJ n] A ghostly presence is the ghost or spirit of a dead person. □ …the ghostly presences which haunt these islands.
gho st sto|ry (ghost stories ) N‑COUNT A ghost story is a story about ghosts.
gho st town (ghost towns ) N‑COUNT A ghost town is a town which used to be busy and wealthy but is now poor and deserted. □ Mogadishu is said to be a virtual ghost town, deserted by two-thirds of its residents.
gho st-write (ghost-writes , ghost-writing , ghost-wrote , ghost-written ) also ghostwrite VERB [usu passive] If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written , it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work. □ [be V -ed] Articles were ghost-written by company employees.
gho st writ|er (ghost writers ) also ghostwriter N‑COUNT A ghost writer is someone who writes a book or other published work instead of the person who is named as the author.
ghoul /guː l/ (ghouls ) N‑COUNT A ghoul is an imaginary evil spirit. Ghouls are said to steal bodies from graves and eat them.
ghoul|ish /guː l I ʃ/
1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Ghoulish people and things show an unnatural interest in things such as human suffering, death, or dead bodies. [DISAPPROVAL ] □ They are there only to satisfy their ghoulish curiosity.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Something that is ghoulish looks or behaves like a ghoul. □ …the ghoulish apparitions at the window.
GHQ /dʒiː e I tʃ kjuː / N‑UNCOUNT GHQ is used to refer to the place where the people who organize military forces or a military operation work. GHQ is an abbreviation for 'General Headquarters'. [MILITARY ] □ …the dispatches he was carrying from GHQ to the Eighth Army.
GI /dʒiː a I / (GIs ) N‑COUNT A GI is a soldier in the United States army.
gi|ant ◆◇◇ /dʒa I ənt/ (giants )
1 ADJ [ADJ n] Something that is described as giant is much larger or more important than most others of its kind. □ …Italy's giant car maker, Fiat. □ …a giant oak table. □ …a giant step towards unification with the introduction of monetary union.
2 N‑COUNT [usu n N ] Giant is often used to refer to any large, successful business organization or country. [JOURNALISM ] □ …Japanese electronics giant Sony. □ …one of Germany's industrial giants, Daimler-Benz.
3 N‑COUNT A giant is an imaginary person who is very big and strong, especially one mentioned in old stories. □ …a Nordic saga of giants.