gremlin
IPA: grˈɛmɫʌn
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "gremlin" in Sentences
- I'm wondering if that's a gremlin.
- There must be a gremlin in the system.
- The most prominent is probably the gremlin.
- An editing gremlin probably accounts for this.
- A gremlin is a mythological mischievous creature.
- Inspired by the existence of the Electric Gremlin.
- He was the voice of the brainy gremlin in Gremlins 2.
- They're those pesky, invisible cousins of the gremlins.
- According the novel, the blackout was caused by the Gremlins.
- The is a gremlin looking creature holding a mortar and pestle.
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