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How to pronounce gremlin in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms brownie, elf, hob, imp, pixie, pixy
Type of faery, fairy, fay, sprite, faerie
Has types sandman, leprechaun

Examples of gremlin

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We were having an electrical gremlin, so I didn't know how quick I was running.
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So, mea culpa for not knowing that Jaguar had addressed the glovebox gremlin.
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A gray gremlin the size of a chimp with razor teeth and claws breaks into his home.
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Fifinella was the good luck lady gremlin designed for them by Walt Disney.
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If you choose to ignore it, credit card debt is one gremlin that really won't go away.
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Hope to see you there, my mom will be in the green gremlin as usual for $1 happy ending.
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The gremlin gets bigger and more powerful the longer you grapple with it.
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Gremlin poses no near-term threat to the iPod, but it is promising.
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Gremlin has room for about 2,000 tracks on its 8-gigabyte hard drive.
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