googly
wrong 'un
bosie
bosie ball | a cricket ball bowled as if to break one way that actually breaks in the opposite way |
| ghost dance | a religious dance of Native Americans looking for communication with the dead |
| wrong-site surgery | a surgical operation performed on the wrong part of the body |
tort
civil wrong | (law) any wrongdoing for which an action for damages may be brought |
wrong
legal injury
damage | any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right |
American bittern
stake driver
Botaurus lentiginosus | a kind of bittern |
army ant
driver ant
legionary ant | tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects |
driver
number one wood | a golf club (a wood) with a near vertical face that is used for hitting long shots from the tee |
| pile driver | a machine that drives piling into the ground |
| wrong wrongfulness | that which is contrary to the principles of justice or law, he feels that you are in the wrong |
ghost
shade spook
wraith
specter
spectre | a mental representation of some haunting experience, he looked like he had seen a ghost, it aroused specters from his past |
| ghost word | a word form that has entered the language through the perpetuation of an error |
driver's license
driver's licence
driving license
driving licence | a license authorizing the bearer to drive a motor vehicle |
driver
device driver | (computer science) a program that determines how a computer will communicate with a peripheral device |
| touch trace ghost | a suggestion of some quality, there was a touch of sarcasm in his tone, he detected a ghost of a smile on her face |
| ghost town | a deserted settlement (especially in western United States) |
conscience
scruples
moral sense
sense of right and wrong | motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions |
Holy Ghost
Holy Spirit
Paraclete | the third person in the Trinity, Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection, it came on Pentecost |
| ghost | the visible disembodied soul of a dead person |
| backseat driver | a meddler who insists on giving unwanted advice |
busman
bus driver | someone who drives a bus |
| designated driver | the member of a party who is designated to refrain from alcohol and so is sober when it is time to drive home |
| driver | the operator of a motor vehicle |
| driver | a golfer who hits the golf ball with a driver |
| driver | someone who drives animals that pull a vehicle |
engineer locomotive engineer
railroad engineer
engine driver | the operator of a railway locomotive |
ghostwriter
ghost | a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else |
muleteer
mule skinner
mule driver
skinner | a worker who drives mules |
| owner-driver | a motorist who owns the car that he
she drives |
racer
race driver
automobile driver | someone who drives racing cars at high speeds |
| slave driver | a supervisor of slaves at work |
| slave driver Simon Legree | a cruel employer who demands excessive work from the employees |
tanker
tank driver | a soldier who drives a tank |
taxidriver
taximan
cabdriver
cabman
cabby
hack driver
hack-driver
livery driver | someone who drives a taxi for a living |
teamster
trucker
truck driver | someone who drives a truck as an occupation |
| test driver | a driver who drives a motor vehicle to evaluate its performance |
snow gum
ghost gum
white ash Eucalyptus coriacea
Eucalyptus pauciflora | small to medium-sized tree of Australia and Tasmania having smooth white to light-grey bark shedding in patches or strips |
snow-on-the-mountain
snow-in-summer ghost weed
Euphorbia marginata | annual spurge of western United States having showy white-bracted flower clusters and very poisonous milk |
die
decease
perish
go
exit
pass away
expire
pass b kick the bucket
cash in one's chips
buy the farm
conk
give-up the ghost
drop dead
pop off
choke croak
snuff it | pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life, She died from cancer, The children perished in the fire, The patient went peacefully, The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of |
ghost
ghostwrite | write for someone else, How many books have you ghostwritten so far? |
haunt
obsess
ghost | haunt like a ghost, pursue, Fear of illness haunts her |
| ghost | move like a ghost, The masked men ghosted across the moonlit yard |
| wrong | treat unjustly, do wrong to |
fail
go wrong
miscarry | be unsuccessful, Where do today's public schools fail?, The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably |
faulty
incorrect
wrong | characterized by errors, not agreeing with a model or not following established rules, he submitted a faulty report, an incorrect transcription, the wrong side of the road |
improper
wrong | not appropriate for a purpose or occasion, said all the wrong things |
incorrect
wrong | not correct, not in conformity with fact or truth, an incorrect calculation, the report in the paper is wrong, your information is wrong, the clock showed the wrong time, found themselves on the wrong road, based on the wrong assumptions |
| wrong | based on or acting or judging in error, it is wrong to think that way |
amiss(p)
awry(p)
haywire
wrong(p) | not functioning properly, something is amiss, has gone completely haywire, something is wrong with the engine |
ill-timed
unseasonable
untimely
wrong | badly timed, an ill-timed intervention, you think my intrusion unseasonable, an untimely remark, it was the wrong moment for a joke |