poltergoose

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noun

A ghost goose.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounpoltergoose (plural poltergeese)

plural poltergeese

  1. 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 page
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    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

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APA

poltergoose. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poltergoose

MLA

“poltergoose.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poltergoose. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “poltergoose,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/poltergoose.

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