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• poltergeist

a ghost or spirit supposed to manifest its presence by noises, knockings, etc.

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How to use poltergeist in a sentence

It’s a ghost hunter claiming that a wily poltergeist had jammed his poltergeist -detection device.

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H.R. Giger, best known for his work on movies like Alien and poltergeist 2, died at the age of 74.

The plot hews close to poltergeist , the Tobe Hooper-directed, Steven Spielberg-produced haunted house classic from 1982.

“It was a pure poltergeist phenomenon and absolutely true to form” he said.

I was told you claimed you had to have a poltergeist in the process.

I believe that the idea was to appease the poltergeist , who would otherwise vex and disturb the young couple.

Rackets in general are caused by lares domestici (“brownies”) or the poltergeist .

Yet where did these articles go, and of what use would they be to a poltergeist ?

In short, the usual strange feats that characterise poltergeist phenomena.

British Dictionary definitions for poltergeist

/ ( ˈpɒltəˌɡaɪst ) /

a spirit believed to manifest its presence by rappings and other noises and also by acts of mischief, such as throwing furniture about

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One of the tricks a poltergeist is known for is making "knocking" noises, so it will come as no surprise to learn that the word poltergeist translates literally from German as "knocking spirit." The German verb poltern means "to knock," and Geist is the German word for "spirit." Another Geist descendant in English is zeitgeist ("the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era"). The English word ghost is also related; it descends from the same ancient root that led to Geist . Although ghost has been used in English since before the 12th century, poltergeist is a relative newcomer, first appearing as an English word in the middle of the 19th century.

• bogie
• familiar spirit
• hant [ dialect ]
• haunt [ chiefly dialect ]
• materialization
• fantasm
• spectre

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German, from poltern to knock + Geist spirit

1848, in the meaning defined above

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“Poltergeist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary , Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poltergeist. Accessed 23 Oct. 2023.

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