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POLTERGEIST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does poltergeist mean?
• POLTERGEIST (noun)
The noun POLTERGEIST has 1 sense:
1. a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
Familiarity information: POLTERGEIST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("poltergeist" is a kind of...):
ghost (the visible disembodied soul of a dead person)
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