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knocking spirits

knocking spirits is the plural of knocking spirit.

Meaning of knocking spirit

Noun

knocking spirit (plural knocking spirits)

  1. (German) A poltergeist.
    • When he was asked if he knew the Kobolds and Knocking-Spirits (Polter Geister), he answered, "What have these to do with me? They are the Devil's spectres, and I do not belong to them."1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 52

Questions about knocking spirits

What is knocking spirits the plural of?
Knocking spirits is the plural of knocking spirit.

Words near knocking spirits in the dictionary

  1. knocking someone off their perch
  2. knocking someone over with a feather
  3. knocking someone's socks off
  4. knocking someone's wind out
  5. knocking spirit
  6. knocking spirits
  7. knocking the ball out of the park
  8. knocking the corners off
  9. knocking the daylight out of
  10. knocking the daylights out of
  11. knocking the living daylights out of

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