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An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.

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  1. n. An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
  2. n. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
  3. An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome. To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.
  4. An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; afrightful phantom; a gnome.To whom the goblin, full of wrath, replied. Milton.
  5. n:100 n. (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings