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Gremlin vs Whangdoodle - What's the difference?

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Whangdoodle is a synonym of gremlin.



As nouns the difference between gremlin and whangdoodle

is that gremlin is a mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery while whangdoodle is a whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.

gremlin

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mythical creature reputed to be mechanically and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.
  • (by extension) Any mysterious, unknown source of trouble or mischief.
  • :We rechecked everything, and we suspect gremlins in the database.
  • whangdoodle

    Alternative forms

    * whang-doodle

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (often, humorous) A whimsical monster in folklore and children's fiction; a bugbear.
  • * 1901 , Charles M. Snyder, Runaway Robinson , page 53
  • "I'm n-n-not a tor-tor-tortoise," stuttered the curious creature, "I'm a wha-wha-whang-whang-doodle."
    "A whangdoodle ! What's that?"
  • * 1920 , , The Understanding Heart , Chapter II
  • *:Bob gave the man fair warning. Told him if he ever prowled around his home again he'd better come a–fogging; the man took a chance and now he's where the woodbine twineth and the whangdoodle mourneth for its mate.
  • * 1960' (Aug. 22), "Yarns and Whoppers and Practical Jokes", ''Life'' ' 49 (8): 56
  • In the Big Rock Candy Mountains lies a happy hobo land where the boxcars are all empty, where there are cigaret trees and rock-and-rye springs and the whangdoodle sings.
  • (obsolete) (Term of disparagement)
  • * 1862 , , Mark Twain's letters: 1853-1866 , Volume 1 (published 1987), page 171
  • For a man who can listen for an hour to Mr. White, the whining, nasal, Whangdoodle preacher, and then sit down and write, without shedding melancholy from his pen as water slides from a duck's back, is more than mortal.
  • * 1867 , John Ballou Newbrough, The fall of Fort Sumter, or, Love and war in 1860-61 , page 131
  • and I want you to conflumux everything got up by Mrs. Davis or Miss Lane, or any other of these political whangdoodles .
  • * 1928' (Mar.), Martin Bunn, "When You Buy a Car", ''Popular Science'' ' 112 (3): 138
  • "Now, Ben, you're a lawyer. You don't give a whang-doodle about anything mechanical."
  • (poker) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
  • * 1940 , Clement Wood & Gloria Goddard, The Complete Book of Games , page 296
  • It is sometimes agreed in advance that after a hand of certain rank, such as Four of a Kind or a Full House, is shown, a Whangdoodle or Jackpot must be played

    Synonyms

    * (whimsical monster) bogeyman, bugbear, gremlin

    Hypernyms

    * (whimsical monster) monster

    Coordinate terms

    * (poker) jackpot