GOBLIN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of goblin in English

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Examples of goblin

goblin
The former reading entails the existence of goblins, if the quantifier carries the presupposition that its restriction is non-empty.
But what do ugly goblins and formless monsters have to do with realism?
I held her on high - the goblin!
It is more in the nature of goblin fruit.
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If you kept bogies and goblins away from children, they would make them up for themselves.
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I do not think goblins are relevant to this discussion.
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The retail price index looks so simple and natural, but it is goblin fruit.
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The old man went to his third and largest stall to summon his mightiest goblins.
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South is the land of goblins, followed by the land of dragons.
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He is then beset by goblins, and while he is frantically searching for a way out, he comes upon the wind crystal.
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They have sly, sneaky, goblin-like faces, and long, thin, claw-like fingers.
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They often make up the elite of a goblin army and are prized as bodyguards.
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However, she has a mortal fear of water, since her fox bead (which houses her life energy or qi) is made from goblin fire.
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The players start as a small tribe of goblins, progress through an assortment of monsters, and end the adventure by playing undead.
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They include the goblin shark, basking shark, megamouth shark, the thresher sharks, shortfin and longfin mako sharks, and great white shark.
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Translations of goblin

in Chinese (Traditional)
(故事中通常很醜陋且禍害人的)小妖精,小妖怪…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(故事中通常很丑陋且祸害人的)小妖精,小妖怪…
in Spanish
duende maligno, duende, trasgo…
in Portuguese
duende maligno, duende…
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cin, gulyabani…
lutin…
kwelgeest…
skřítek…
nisse, trold…
setan…
ปีศาจ…
yêu tinh…
chochlik…
troll, svartalf…
goblin…
der Kobold…
nisse, troll…
гоблін…
гоблин, домовой…
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