Meanings
plural poltergeese
- humorousnonce wordrareA ghost goose.
We saw a whole flock of poltergeese! And some creepity crawlies!
2017 June 6, James Parks, Ben Costa, Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo Book 1: The Road to Epoli (Rickety Stitch and the Gelatinous Goo), Random House Children's Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, unnumbered page2 more examples
The poltergeese their mischief done are heading north to miss the sun.
1989, Roger McGough, “The Poltergeese”, in Nailing the shadow, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 85'And this,' said Angie, 'is no ordinary dead goose. It's a dead goose that breaks things and chases people and pecks them where it hurts. A poltergoose.'
1999, Michael Lawrence, The Poltergoose, →ISBN, page 63
Origin
Blend of poltergeist + goose or geese.
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