Phantom

  1. Proper noun.  Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by Marines in Vietnam.
  2. Proper noun.  The comic The Phantom, and the character in it by the same name.
  3. Noun.  Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; a ghost or apparition; something elusive or delusive.
  4. Noun.  An image that appears only in the mind; an illusion.
  5. Adjective.  illusive.
  6. Adjective.  fictitious or nonexistent.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.