Associations to the word «Poltergeist»

Wiktionary

POLTERGEIST, noun. An unseen ghost which makes noises and causes disruption, especially by causing physical objects to move or fly about.

Dictionary definition

POLTERGEIST, noun. A ghost that announces its presence with rapping and the creation of disorder.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats