Pretend-ghost's scare Crossword Clue

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Pretend-ghost's scare Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
(verb)
1. show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

PRETEND (verb)
1. behave unnaturally or affectedly
2. represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like
PRETEND (noun)
1. the enactment of a pretense
PRETEND (adjective)
1. imagined as in a play
GHOST (verb)
1. haunt like a ghost; pursue
2. write for someone else
GHOST (noun)
1. a suggestion of some quality
2. a mental representation of some haunting experience

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