chasing the ghost

The act of scrounging for one last hit after a serious crack or cocaine binge

Homie: "Hey Karl, quit scrapin' the mirror, there's no more blow left. You're just chasing the ghost!"

Karl: "Fuck you man, I can get one more line off this mirror!"

Homie: "Whateva"

Karl: "Well then call your boy and let's get some more of that shit!"

Homie: "We already been up for 2 days and I aint got no money left."

Karl: "AWWW SHIT!"

by JHop February 15, 2008

chase the ghost

The term "Chase the Ghost" is an old surfing term that was used primarily in Southern California between the 1940s and 1970s.

It means to chase the perfect wave, the perfect break, and the perfect ride on your board. It is the term for every surfers perfect wave.

In Conversation:
Jack: Man, I'm hoping to catch that perfect wave today while those scouts are out here watching!
Brett: Yeah man, chase the ghost for sure! I hope you nail it!

In Music form recently:
"I wanna wake up on dawn patrol, ride A-frames and chase the ghost" - NuJ4X "Wilmas & Bettys"

by StevenSJ46 February 18, 2020

Chasing the ghost

Scraping your meth pipe to get resin hits. Usually done after all money and possessions have been used or sold, and you're craving.

"Code man quit chasing the ghost you fucking tweak! Lay off the dope and hit this goat."

by BIG TY Riek November 3, 2008

Chasing Ghosts

A situation in which one is troubleshooting sophisticated electronics systems and being unable to recreate the reported incident and there is no internal system record of said incident. Yet the problem seems to return and disappear again over time.

The server was constantly beeping until the morning before the service technician arrived. He spent the next two hours Chasing Ghosts trying to find out what it was about.

by ScreenTalkerDotOrg April 27, 2012

Chasing Ghosts

The act of trying to kill yourself, be it intentional or unintentional

"Hey man I'm going on a bender" "Be careful bro, don't be our here chasing ghosts"

by Vecarin April 11, 2019