See gremlin on Wiktionary
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"(surfing, skateboarding, slang) A young, inexperienced surfer or skateboarder, regarded as a nuisance."
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"synonyms": [
{
"word": "grem"
},
{
"word": "gremmie"
},
{
"word": "gremmy"
},
{
"word": "grommet"
}
],
"tags": [
"broadly",
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"skateboarding",
"sports",
"surfing"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹɛmlɪn/",
"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈɡɹɛmlən/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"audio": "En-us-gremlin.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ce/En-us-gremlin.ogg/En-us-gremlin.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/En-us-gremlin.ogg"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gremlin",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "гремлин"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "gnom",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гном"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "géléimǔlín",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "葛雷姆林"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "riiviö"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "pikkupiru"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "kalikántzaros",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "καλικάντζαρος"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "グレムリン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "geuremnin",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "그렘린"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "gremlinas"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "gremlin",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ग्रेमलिन"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "gremlin",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "гремлин"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "hrémlin",
"sense": "imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery",
"word": "гре́млін"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "any mysterious, unknown source of mischief or trouble, or the problem created thereby",
"word": "häikkä"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any mysterious, unknown source of mischief or trouble, or the problem created thereby",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Fehlerteufel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "any mysterious, unknown source of mischief or trouble, or the problem created thereby",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Kobold"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "young, inexperienced surfer, seen as being a nuisance",
"word": "keltanokka"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Oxford English Dictionary",
"Roald Dahl",
"The Gremlins"
],
"word": "gremlin"
}
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