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poltergeist

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[ UK /pˈə‍ʊltəɡˌa‍ɪst/ ]
[ US /ˈpoʊɫtɝˌɡaɪst/ ]
NOUN
  1. a ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder

How To Use poltergeist In A Sentence

  • They all looked so authoritative when flicking their wands to dismiss boggarts, poltergeists and other pests.
  • Edward Morris 11:57 pm: My poltergeist was a junkie, and a great jazz musician. Transcript: Ghosts! « Coyote Con
  • The term poltergeist is German for “noisy spirit.” Experiencing the Next World Now
  • The new barman didn't believe in the supernatural or poltergeists or anything kooky like that, he just knew an useful ally when he saw one.
  • After he attributes the resurrection appearances to poltergeists, and calls Jesus a levitating ghost, he's finished with the topic.
  • But in the late 1970s it was home to a poltergeist who became world-famous.
  • Specifically, in both Gallup and Newport's and Ross and Joshi's studies, ‘contact with ghosts’ was reported more frequently than physical manifestations associated with poltergeists.
  • Whatever ghosts and poltergeists may be, it is increasingly apparent that they are facets of the same phenomenon.
  • Roll and Hamilton-Parker do not believe that poltergeists are ghosts or conscious entities.
  • you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!
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