"ghost bump" meaning in All languages combined

See ghost bump on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ghost bumps [plural]
Etymology: From ghost + bump, modelled after goosebump. Etymology templates: {{af|en|ghost|bump}} ghost + bump Head templates: {{en-noun}} ghost bump (plural ghost bumps)
  1. A goosebump, especially when caused by anything ghostly or ghastly. Synonyms: ghost-bump, ghostbump
    Sense id: en-ghost_bump-en-noun-KFZ9cfBE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1986, Michael J. Pellowski, Ghost Toasties:",
          "text": "The weather turned so frigid Luke got ghost bumps.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Linda Joy Singleton, Babysitter Beware, page 8:",
          "text": "These were ghost bumps — the prickly bumps on my skin that often showed up when a ghost was about to appear.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Kimberly Molto, True Tales of the Paranormal:",
          "text": "Her son even had goose bumps (or more accurately in this case, ghost bumps).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Leonard R. N. Ashley, Halloween, page 90:",
          "text": "You might say they give us ghostbumps.",
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        }
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          "ghastly",
          "ghastly"
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