Answer to "Gave up the ghost" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIED , but the solution may also be CROAKED which is one of the most recent solution (2020 in New York Times).

Gave up the ghost crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
DIED	67 %	4
CASHEDIN	22 %	8
CROAKED	11 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gave up the ghost

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• gave up
• gave over
• gave in
• gave off
• ghost-wrote
• gave away
• gave something up as a bad job
• ghost-rode
• ghost wrote
• gave battle
• gave way
• ghostwrote

Crossword Answer definitions

DIED verb

1. To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.
2. To (stop living and) undergo (a specified death).
3. To yearn intensely.
4. To be or become hated or utterly ignored or cut off, as if dead.
5. To become spiritually dead; to lose hope.
6. To be mortified or shocked by a situation.
7. To be so overcome with emotion or laughter as to be incapacitated.
8. (of a machine) To stop working, to break down.
9. (of a computer program) To abort, to terminate (as an error condition).
10. To perish; to cease to exist; to become lost or extinct.
11. To sink; to faint; to pine; to languish, with weakness, discouragement, love, etc.
12. (often with "to") To become indifferent; to cease to be subject.
13. To disappear gradually in another surface, as where mouldings are lost in a sloped or curved face.
14. To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor.
15. (of a stand-up comedian or a joke) To fail to evoke laughter from the audience.

DIED verb

1. To colour with dye, or as if with dye.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result DIED

• "I literally ___"
• Passed on
• Turned up one's toes
• Went out
• Failed at stand-up
• Flopped as a stand-up
• Bought the farm
• Stopped running
• Conked out, as a car
• Gave up the ghost

More clues leading to the result CASHEDIN

• Redeemed
• Got dough for
• Redeemed, as casino chips
• Prepared to leave the casino
• Gave up the ghost
• Got money for chips

More clues leading to the result CROAKED

• Imitated a frog
• Rasped
• Cried like a raven
• Sounded like a raven
• Talked dismally.
• Spoke hoarsely.
• Spoke in low hoarse tones.
• Was hoarse
• Gave up the ghost
• Sounded like a vulture