Synonyms:
goblin, hob, hobgoblin
Meaning: (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
Usage examples
The healthy, sunshiny countenance of Karl, let him be ghost or goblin, could not fail to produce somewhat of a tranquillising effect on Teufelsbuerst.
He again applied his eye to the glass, and turning his ear to the partition, listened attentively: with a subtle and eager look upon his face, that might have appertained to some old goblin.