Meaning & use
poltergeist
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A ghost or spirit blamed for noisy disturbances such as loud noises and moving objects.
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The family blamed a poltergeist when dishes kept flying off the shelves at night.
The film follows investigators trying to prove a poltergeist is haunting the old house.
A note on using this word
Borrowed from German ("poltern" = to make noise, "Geist" = ghost); it specifically implies noisy, physical disturbance rather than a silent apparition.
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