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kelpie

noun

Definition of kelpie

as in fairy

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Recent Examples of kelpie Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026 Al, however, seemed partial to the kelpies, shape-shifting water sprites which most often appear in the form of a horse luring the unsuspecting to watery graves. — Patti Nickell, Boston Herald, 15 Feb. 2026 In a September 27 Instagram video, an Australian kelpie named Bats was at work with another dog. — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025 At first the dog was said to be a German shepherd mix confined in a closet, but this was later corrected to being an Australian kelpie mix in a crate. — Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kelpie

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Noun

For the longest time, there was this pretty, ethereal sound, as if a fairy were about to appear before me, but the fairy never appeared.

— Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
Traditional string lights offer a familiar, eye-catching glow, while fairy lights create a delicate sparkle that lets your ornaments take center stage.

— Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of fairy

Noun

McBride reflects on Queen Mab’s protagonist, a 23-year-old graduate student of Victorian and modernist literature, who struggles to bond with her baby and begins to fear that her child is a changeling.

— Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Is the baby really a baby, or has it been replaced by a changeling?

— The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of changeling

Noun

The concept had the goblin going out to a bar, hoping to charm the princess.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026
From glittering ghosts, ghastly goblins and wicked witches to wily warlocks, fashion can inspire any Halloween transformation.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of goblin

Noun

Would Azriel, the third and final bad-boy faerie of the Night Court’s royal family, end up with Elain, the unhappy and often forgotten youngest sister of the Night Court’s High Lady, Feyre?

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
Maeve learns that the legends she was raised on — stories of faeries, kelpies and seelies — are actually true.

— Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026

Definition of faerie

Noun

But the pièce de résistance is the Elf on the Shelf scavenger hunt, which sends kids searching throughout the Pyramid for six mischievous elves in exchange for a special reward.

— Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2026
Filters that transform users into playful characters, like elves or puppies, will remain available for young people.

— Chloe Veltman, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of elf

Noun

The women are in stupid costumes (Heather Gay is dressed as a leprechaun at one point) and yelling at one another for yet-unknown reasons.

— Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
Olyphant asked, drawing attention to a leprechaun giving Meyers the middle finger in honor of his new project, Lucky.

— Brenton Blanchet, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026

Definition of leprechaun

Noun

Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026
For those who don’t even break a sweat in the face of danger, a bare-it-all pixie with polish.

— Loren Savini, Allure, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of pixie

Noun

The Heeler family home is recreated in uncanny detail—from Bandit’s armchair to the backyard barbecue—with interactive games led by a cheeky garden gnome named Rhonda, music, and secret nooks that delight kids and grown-ups.

— Alli Forde, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2026
Accounting is not a very physical job, but tell that to the KPMG gnomes who just spent weeks lugging around gold bars in a secret Swiss cavern.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 17 Aug. 2026

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