goblin
gob lin
- n (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings
- In stories, it means simply an imp or goblin, or a poltergeist-like force that disturbs the spirit of a house.
- From De Chirico's piazzas to Steven Spielberg's suburbs, our culture is intermittently fascinated by the noonday goblinthe sense that something is askew within the well lit .
- Harry Partch is a composer who has most of his critics completely flummoxed: Does he write goblin music, or is he an advance-guard genius? Now 50, California-born Composer Partch .