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# hobgoblin

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

### part of speech

noun (hobgoblin, hobgoblins)

### meaning for a pupil

A hobgoblin is a mischievous or wicked small creature in old tales, a kind of goblin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobgoblin/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales, a naughty creature who plays tricks or causes harm

### examples

- There was once a wicked hobgoblin in the wood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobgoblin/#x1)
- The hobgoblin laughed at the children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobgoblin/#x2)
- Don't wake the hobgoblin under the stairs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hobgoblin/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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