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# goblin

«goblin» in Mova's school dictionary: **an ugly, small, mischievous or wicked creature in fairy…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a goblin, goblins)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A goblin is an ugly, small, mischievous or wicked creature in fairy tales and fantasy stories, often green or grey, with pointy ears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#m1)

2) (informal, humorous) A goblin is a naughty child or someone acting greedily or sneakily. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, folk tales and games, goblins cause trouble, steal, live in caves or under hills, and guard treasure; in some books they run banks. Goblins are made-up creatures. In everyday jokes, «you little goblin» is a fond tease.

### examples

- The goblin hid the gold under the bridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x1)
- Goblins live in dark caves in the story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x2)
- The knight chased the goblins out of the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x3)
- Ugh, a goblin mask for Halloween! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x4)
- The goblin had long fingers and a crooked grin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x5)
- Stop being a goblin and share the sweets! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x6)
- In the game, goblins drop coins when you beat them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/#x7)

### note

Countable: goblins. Goblins are not real. Similar made-up creatures: imp, gremlin, troll, hobgoblin.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goblin» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goblin/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.