Definition of poltergeist in English:

poltergeist

noun ˈpɒltəɡʌɪstˈpoʊltərˌɡaɪst

A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as making loud noises and throwing objects about.
Example sentencesExamples
- The 16th and 17th centuries did see a number of poltergeist stories; poltergeists could be the spirits of the dead, or could be devils or intrusive witches whose spirits could walk abroad separately from their bodies.
- Whatever ghosts and poltergeists may be, it is increasingly apparent that they are facets of the same phenomenon.
- In the opening episode, Fred Mumford returns from the spirit world and opens the agency Rentaghost, which offers ghosts and poltergeists for hire on a daily or weekly rental.
- But those who do believe in the ghosts agree that the theater is not haunted by a poltergeist or mean spirit.
- After he attributes the resurrection appearances to poltergeists, and calls Jesus a levitating ghost, he's finished with the topic.
- We can even dismiss him as so far away from our own time - this man grew up in a Germany haunted by witches and poltergeists, and threw inkpots at the devil - that we simply cannot understand him at all.
- Psychic investigators supposed Gef was a poltergeist or perhaps a ghost.
- Roll and Hamilton-Parker do not believe that poltergeists are ghosts or conscious entities.
- There were no reports of supernatural sounds, translucent ghosts, or mischievous poltergeists, let alone greenskinned reptoids in an undergraduate girls dorm!
- Specifically, in both Gallup and Newport's and Ross and Joshi's studies, ‘contact with ghosts’ was reported more frequently than physical manifestations associated with poltergeists.
- On Sunday, the activity slowed down a little and the poltergeist contented itself with breaking two more windows and by throwing ripe tomatoes with excellent aim.
- Therefore, the explanation of poltergeist cases is not, as the term poltergeist suggests, intelligent behavior by an immaterial being, a ghost.
- In 1848 the Fox sisters produced the poltergeist manifestations that led to the spiritualist movement; even if they were frauds, that too is Neptunian.
- Peter's 18th title is full of local flavour and includes stories of ghosts, witchcraft and mermaids, close encounters, poltergeists and alien big cats.
- This covers all manner of weirdness from frog falls, ghosts and poltergeists, levitation, UFOs, lost civilisations and displaced animals (like big cats stalking the British countryside).
- Must we explain ghosts, poltergeists, reincarnation, and the healing power of crystals?
- There have been countless tales of haunted houses - old buildings, ranging from medieval castles to twentieth-century hotels, plagued by ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, what-have-you.
- Our good friend Massimo Polidoro, head of the Italian Committee for the Control of Paranormal Claims went there to observe, and he soon ruled out demons or poltergeists.
- In his seventeenth-century work Saducismus Triumphatus Joseph Glanvil saw poltergeists, apparitions, and other phenomena as evidence of a spiritual world.
- Noisy ghosts are known as poltergeists (literally, noisy spirits).

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Poltergeist, from poltern 'create a disturbance' + Geist 'ghost'.

This is a German word formed from poltern ‘create a disturbance’ and Geist ‘ghost’.

Definition of poltergeist in US English:

poltergeist

nounˈpoʊltərˌɡaɪstˈpōltərˌɡīst

A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around.
Example sentencesExamples
- Roll and Hamilton-Parker do not believe that poltergeists are ghosts or conscious entities.
- There have been countless tales of haunted houses - old buildings, ranging from medieval castles to twentieth-century hotels, plagued by ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, what-have-you.
- Whatever ghosts and poltergeists may be, it is increasingly apparent that they are facets of the same phenomenon.
- There were no reports of supernatural sounds, translucent ghosts, or mischievous poltergeists, let alone greenskinned reptoids in an undergraduate girls dorm!
- Peter's 18th title is full of local flavour and includes stories of ghosts, witchcraft and mermaids, close encounters, poltergeists and alien big cats.
- The 16th and 17th centuries did see a number of poltergeist stories; poltergeists could be the spirits of the dead, or could be devils or intrusive witches whose spirits could walk abroad separately from their bodies.
- Must we explain ghosts, poltergeists, reincarnation, and the healing power of crystals?
- On Sunday, the activity slowed down a little and the poltergeist contented itself with breaking two more windows and by throwing ripe tomatoes with excellent aim.
- But those who do believe in the ghosts agree that the theater is not haunted by a poltergeist or mean spirit.
- We can even dismiss him as so far away from our own time - this man grew up in a Germany haunted by witches and poltergeists, and threw inkpots at the devil - that we simply cannot understand him at all.
- After he attributes the resurrection appearances to poltergeists, and calls Jesus a levitating ghost, he's finished with the topic.
- In 1848 the Fox sisters produced the poltergeist manifestations that led to the spiritualist movement; even if they were frauds, that too is Neptunian.
- Specifically, in both Gallup and Newport's and Ross and Joshi's studies, ‘contact with ghosts’ was reported more frequently than physical manifestations associated with poltergeists.
- Noisy ghosts are known as poltergeists (literally, noisy spirits).
- Psychic investigators supposed Gef was a poltergeist or perhaps a ghost.
- Therefore, the explanation of poltergeist cases is not, as the term poltergeist suggests, intelligent behavior by an immaterial being, a ghost.
- Our good friend Massimo Polidoro, head of the Italian Committee for the Control of Paranormal Claims went there to observe, and he soon ruled out demons or poltergeists.
- In his seventeenth-century work Saducismus Triumphatus Joseph Glanvil saw poltergeists, apparitions, and other phenomena as evidence of a spiritual world.
- This covers all manner of weirdness from frog falls, ghosts and poltergeists, levitation, UFOs, lost civilisations and displaced animals (like big cats stalking the British countryside).
- In the opening episode, Fred Mumford returns from the spirit world and opens the agency Rentaghost, which offers ghosts and poltergeists for hire on a daily or weekly rental.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from German Poltergeist, from poltern ‘create a disturbance’ + Geist ‘ghost’.

单词	poltergeist
释义	Definition of poltergeist in English: poltergeist noun ˈpɒltəɡʌɪstˈpoʊltərˌɡaɪst A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as making loud noises and throwing objects about. Example sentencesExamples The 16th and 17th centuries did see a number of poltergeist stories; poltergeists could be the spirits of the dead, or could be devils or intrusive witches whose spirits could walk abroad separately from their bodies. Whatever ghosts and poltergeists may be, it is increasingly apparent that they are facets of the same phenomenon. In the opening episode, Fred Mumford returns from the spirit world and opens the agency Rentaghost, which offers ghosts and poltergeists for hire on a daily or weekly rental. But those who do believe in the ghosts agree that the theater is not haunted by a poltergeist or mean spirit. After he attributes the resurrection appearances to poltergeists, and calls Jesus a levitating ghost, he's finished with the topic. We can even dismiss him as so far away from our own time - this man grew up in a Germany haunted by witches and poltergeists, and threw inkpots at the devil - that we simply cannot understand him at all. Psychic investigators supposed Gef was a poltergeist or perhaps a ghost. Roll and Hamilton-Parker do not believe that poltergeists are ghosts or conscious entities. There were no reports of supernatural sounds, translucent ghosts, or mischievous poltergeists, let alone greenskinned reptoids in an undergraduate girls dorm! Specifically, in both Gallup and Newport's and Ross and Joshi's studies, ‘contact with ghosts’ was reported more frequently than physical manifestations associated with poltergeists. On Sunday, the activity slowed down a little and the poltergeist contented itself with breaking two more windows and by throwing ripe tomatoes with excellent aim. Therefore, the explanation of poltergeist cases is not, as the term poltergeist suggests, intelligent behavior by an immaterial being, a ghost. In 1848 the Fox sisters produced the poltergeist manifestations that led to the spiritualist movement; even if they were frauds, that too is Neptunian. Peter's 18th title is full of local flavour and includes stories of ghosts, witchcraft and mermaids, close encounters, poltergeists and alien big cats. This covers all manner of weirdness from frog falls, ghosts and poltergeists, levitation, UFOs, lost civilisations and displaced animals (like big cats stalking the British countryside). Must we explain ghosts, poltergeists, reincarnation, and the healing power of crystals? There have been countless tales of haunted houses - old buildings, ranging from medieval castles to twentieth-century hotels, plagued by ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, what-have-you. Our good friend Massimo Polidoro, head of the Italian Committee for the Control of Paranormal Claims went there to observe, and he soon ruled out demons or poltergeists. In his seventeenth-century work Saducismus Triumphatus Joseph Glanvil saw poltergeists, apparitions, and other phenomena as evidence of a spiritual world. Noisy ghosts are known as poltergeists (literally, noisy spirits). Origin Mid 19th century: from German Poltergeist, from poltern 'create a disturbance' + Geist 'ghost'. This is a German word formed from poltern ‘create a disturbance’ and Geist ‘ghost’. Definition of poltergeist in US English: poltergeist nounˈpoʊltərˌɡaɪstˈpōltərˌɡīst A ghost or other supernatural being supposedly responsible for physical disturbances such as loud noises and objects thrown around. Example sentencesExamples Roll and Hamilton-Parker do not believe that poltergeists are ghosts or conscious entities. There have been countless tales of haunted houses - old buildings, ranging from medieval castles to twentieth-century hotels, plagued by ghosts, spirits, poltergeists, what-have-you. Whatever ghosts and poltergeists may be, it is increasingly apparent that they are facets of the same phenomenon. There were no reports of supernatural sounds, translucent ghosts, or mischievous poltergeists, let alone greenskinned reptoids in an undergraduate girls dorm! Peter's 18th title is full of local flavour and includes stories of ghosts, witchcraft and mermaids, close encounters, poltergeists and alien big cats. The 16th and 17th centuries did see a number of poltergeist stories; poltergeists could be the spirits of the dead, or could be devils or intrusive witches whose spirits could walk abroad separately from their bodies. Must we explain ghosts, poltergeists, reincarnation, and the healing power of crystals? On Sunday, the activity slowed down a little and the poltergeist contented itself with breaking two more windows and by throwing ripe tomatoes with excellent aim. But those who do believe in the ghosts agree that the theater is not haunted by a poltergeist or mean spirit. We can even dismiss him as so far away from our own time - this man grew up in a Germany haunted by witches and poltergeists, and threw inkpots at the devil - that we simply cannot understand him at all. After he attributes the resurrection appearances to poltergeists, and calls Jesus a levitating ghost, he's finished with the topic. In 1848 the Fox sisters produced the poltergeist manifestations that led to the spiritualist movement; even if they were frauds, that too is Neptunian. Specifically, in both Gallup and Newport's and Ross and Joshi's studies, ‘contact with ghosts’ was reported more frequently than physical manifestations associated with poltergeists. Noisy ghosts are known as poltergeists (literally, noisy spirits). Psychic investigators supposed Gef was a poltergeist or perhaps a ghost. Therefore, the explanation of poltergeist cases is not, as the term poltergeist suggests, intelligent behavior by an immaterial being, a ghost. Our good friend Massimo Polidoro, head of the Italian Committee for the Control of Paranormal Claims went there to observe, and he soon ruled out demons or poltergeists. In his seventeenth-century work Saducismus Triumphatus Joseph Glanvil saw poltergeists, apparitions, and other phenomena as evidence of a spiritual world. This covers all manner of weirdness from frog falls, ghosts and poltergeists, levitation, UFOs, lost civilisations and displaced animals (like big cats stalking the British countryside). In the opening episode, Fred Mumford returns from the spirit world and opens the agency Rentaghost, which offers ghosts and poltergeists for hire on a daily or weekly rental. Origin Mid 19th century: from German Poltergeist, from poltern ‘create a disturbance’ + Geist ‘ghost’.
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