phantom

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)A ghost or apparition.
2. (countable, uncountable)Something apparently seen, heard, or sensed, but having no physical reality; an image that appears only in the mind; an illusion or delusion.
3. (countable, uncountable)A placeholder for a pair of players when there are an odd number of pairs playing.
4. (countable, uncountable)A test object that reproduces the characteristics of human tissue.
5. (abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, uncountable)Short for phantom power
6. Nickname of the F-4B jet fighter flown by U.S. marines in Vietnam.
7. A Rolls-Royce Phantom automobile.

   “Paul pulled out the Phantom; niggas can't stand it but them hoes gonna come out.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Illusive.

   “[…] (it was the town's humour to be always gassing of phantom investors who were likely to come any moment and pay a thousand prices for everything) — “[…] Them rich fellers, they don't make no bad breaks with their money. […]””

2. (not-comparable)Fictitious or nonexistent.

   “a phantom limb”