(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
A ~ is a ghost. (INFORMAL)
N-COUNT
2.
A ~ is a spy. (AM INFORMAL)
...as a US intelligence ~ said yesterday.
N-COUNT
3.
If people are ~ed, something has scared them or made them nervous. (mainly AM)
But was it the wind that ~ed her?...
Investors were ~ed by slowing economies.
VERB: V n, V n
~ed
He was so ~ed that he, too, began to believe that he heard strange clicks and noises on their telephones.
ADJ: v-link ADJ