gremlin

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

grem=lin

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun gremlin has 1 sense

gremlin(n = noun.person) brownie, elf, hob, imp, pixie, pixy - (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous; Array

is a kind of faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite

has particulars: leprechaun, sandman

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

gremlin, n. colloq.
1 an imaginary mischievous sprite regarded as responsible for mechanical faults, esp. in aircraft.
2 any similar cause of trouble.

Etymology

20th c.: orig. unkn., but prob. after goblin

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THESAURUS

gremlin

Ariel, Befind, Corrigan, Dingbelle, Fifinella, Finnbeara, Hob, Hobgoblin, Mab, Oberon, Puck, Titania, bad fairy, bad peri, banshee, brownie, cluricaune, deviling, devilkin, diablotin, dwarf, elf, erlking, fairy, fairy queen, fay, gnome, goblin, hob, imp, kobold, leprechaun, little devil, ouphe, peri, pixie, poltergeist, pooka, puca, puck, pwca, sprite, sylph, sylphid, tokoloshe, young devil

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