poltergeist

pol·ter·geist

noun \ˈpōl-tər-ˌgīst\

Definition of POLTERGEIST

: a noisy usually mischievous ghost held to be responsible for unexplained noises (as rappings)

Examples of POLTERGEIST

1. <we thought a poltergeist was knocking dishes off the shelves, but it turned out to just be vibrations from passing trains>

Origin of POLTERGEIST

German, from poltern to knock + Geist spirit

First Known Use: 1848

Related to POLTERGEIST

Synonyms: apparition, bogey (also bogie or bogy), familiar spirit, hant [dialect], haunt [chiefly dialect], materialization, phantasm (also fantasm), phantom, ghost, shade, shadow, specter (or spectre), spirit, spook, sprite, vision, visitant, wraith

Related Words: angel, daimon, familiar, genie, genius, jinni (or jinn also djinni or djinn), shaitan; double, doppelgänger (or doppelganger), fetch; lemures, manes; incubus, lamia, succubus, vampire, zombie (also zombi); cacodemon, demon (or daemon), devil, fiend, ghoul, imp

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Rhymes with POLTERGEIST

Antichrist, black-a-vised