: an ugly or grotesque sprite that is usually mischievous and sometimes evil and malicious
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dressed up the toddlers like goblins for Halloween
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Monster cats, women with ravenous mouths in the back of their heads, mountain goblins, mermaids with carp bodies, foxes that transform into samurai messengers—the list goes on.
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Katherine Larson
july 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
In fact, Bolg is the name of a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Brown and Kountz play Luna and Marvin, a couple who moves to Evergreen Lane with a passion for goblins and ghouls that inspires the whole neighborhood to go all in.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2025
Stripped first of his access to the goblin court, and now of his ability to speak with the dead, Celehar nonetheless still has commitments to the living.
—Natalie Zutter
january 2, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2025
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Katherine Larson
july 16, Literary Hub, 16 July 2025
In fact, Bolg is the name of a goblin prince from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
Brown and Kountz play Luna and Marvin, a couple who moves to Evergreen Lane with a passion for goblins and ghouls that inspires the whole neighborhood to go all in.
—Elizabeth Fogarty, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 June 2025
Stripped first of his access to the goblin court, and now of his ability to speak with the dead, Celehar nonetheless still has commitments to the living.
—Natalie Zutter
january 2, Literary Hub, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Goblin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/goblin. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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goblin
noun
gob·lin
ˈgäb-lən 
: an ugly, evil, or mischievous elf
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