gremlin

IPA: grˈɛmɫʌn

(originally Britain, aviation, Royal Air Force slang)
(obsolete) A contemptible person.
An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery.
(by extension)
Any mysterious, unknown source of mischief or trouble, or the problem created thereby.
(surfing, skateboarding, slang) A young, inexperienced surfer or skateboarder, regarded as a nuisance.

Examples of "gremlin" in Sentences

May 20, 2008 at 10:50 am i tawht a gremlin was a car?
I just wanna say. .quick, because the gremlin is starting to wake up … oops, she’s grumbling.
When Anthony Overfield rides his motorcycle, he carries two passengers on board: so-called gremlin bells.
He is Gremlin Gus— almost as if the gremlin is an imaginary dark alter ego of the pilot who has first seen him.
When the gremlin is kneeling on the wing prying up the panel you can see the actor's shoes under his gremlin costume.
Her gremlin is her twin self, who talks to her in the second person, tells her to play it safe and not stick out from the crowd.
The emotional, irrational part is the chimp while the gremlin is the negative belief or behaviour which has the potential to inhibit performance.
During WWII, EMI was commonly known as a gremlin who would take over the electrical system of a fighter plane wrecking havoc on the control systems, especially during thunderstorms or highly charged atmosphere.
[Just a side note: Mohawk was only created because Stripe was so popular and there needed to be a Mohawk-stylin 'gremlin in the second one.] i actually liked the smart one in part 2 cause he was kinda funny. or the one that dressed as a female