gremliny

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a gremlin.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectivegremliny (comparative more gremliny, superlative most gremliny)

comparative more gremliny · superlative most gremliny

  1. informalResembling or characteristic of a gremlin.

    Ukko is the name of a little gremliny type guy out of the comic 2000AD^([sic])

    1998 July 3, Ukko, “Dialouts”, in alt.phreaking (Usenet)
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    Honestly, No,^([sic]) I have been dealing with our network vendor SirS Corp. Their people have been really good to work with. But as with the case with intermittant^([sic]) types of (ghostly/gremliny) errors, the best source is this LIST!!! IMHO

    1992 October 29, D.E. 'Dave' Bloomberg, “CBIS and a troubled workstation”, in bit.listserv.cdromlan (Usenet)

    That jam is an interesting slice of a subset of Phish jamming in the US this summer: the gremliny, dwarfs-dancing-around-in-a-cave, electronicish Tron-car-driving dabbling which also appeared in the 8/16 Jam (preceding and ->ing into Slave, and parts of the Shoreline Runaway Jim and YEM, among others.

    1997 October 31, Jeremy David Goodwin, “Ken Kesey @ Darien Lake”, in rec.music.phish (Usenet)

    I think that little gremlin thing from Cats' Eye lives under there [my bed], and my cat's too stupid to turn on the record player and whip it into the fan... Wait, I don't have a record player... Sweet merciful crap! I'm going to die from the little gremliny thingy eating my breathe!^([sic])

    1998 October 25, HentaiZero, “666 1- looks like a good group”, in alt.games.final-fantasy.hentai (Usenet)

    It [a Furby]'s this demented cyborg/gremliny (gizmo, not the lizardy ones) looking 'virtual' pet. They're all over the flea at exorbitant prices.

    1998 November 8, glassgirl, “Poll-hollidays and ponies”, in alt.toys.my-little-pony (Usenet)

    yeeeeeeeeck!!!!!!! i would have nightmares and sleep with the lights on cuz of those gremliny thingies [Furbies]!!!! woof

    1998 December 8, BKALeFty22, “is anyone in the boomerang gang?”, in alt.fan.hanson (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

gremliny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gremliny

MLA

“gremliny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gremliny. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gremliny,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gremliny.

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