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Goblin is a related term of scarecrow.


As an initialism goblin

is (british|rail transport|informal) line, a railway line in north london.

As a noun scarecrow is

an effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.

As a verb scarecrow is

to splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.

goblin

English

(wikipedia goblin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (fantasy literature) A mythical malevolent phantom or grotesque diminutive humanoid; a kobold.
  • * 1872', , ''The Princess and the '''Goblin , page 50,
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  • * 2006 , Charlotte Bishop, Norty: The Chosen Ones , page 187,
    • At last the goblins' had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two ' goblin warriors snatched the opportunity.
  • * 2010 , Thom L. Nichols, War: Return of the Elves , Part 1, page 37,
    • The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield.
    The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown.
  • * 2010', D. S. Macleod, ''The Middle Times: Rise of the '''Goblin King , page 229,
    • I shall send another entourage of goblins' back here to Desput with the '''goblins'''’ new ally the Pixy! These creatures deserve the same respect as any other ' goblin .
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-22, volume=407, issue=8841, page=76, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Snakes and ladders , passage=Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins . For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you.}}

    Derived terms

    * goblin shark * (goblin spider) (family )

    Anagrams

    * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Noun

    • scarecrow

    English

    (wikipedia scarecrow)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.
  • (figuratively, pejorative) A tall, thin, awkward person.
  • (figurative) Anything that appears terrifying but offers no danger.
    • A scarecrow set to frighten fools away. — Dryden.
  • A person clad in rags and tatters.
    • No eye hath seen such scarecrows . I'll not march with them through Coventry, that's flat. — Shakespeare.
  • (UK, dialect) A bird, the black tern.

    • See also

    * bird-scarer * scarer

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To splay rigidly outward, like the arms of a scarecrow.
  • * 2006 , Ron S. King, Nowhere Street (page 109)
    • his small frame seeming scarecrowed in the over-large black coat.
  • * 2010 , Robert N. Chan, The Bad Samaritan
    • An arctic wind whooshes down Columbus Avenue like the IRT express, catching her bags, scarecrowing her arms, and threatening to take her broad-brimmed hat downtown.