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: a cause of error or equipment malfunction (as in aircraft) conceived of as a small mischievous gnome
Synonyms
Example Sentences
during the World Wars, fighter pilots adopted the fanciful notion that gremlins were responsible for mechanical failures on their planes
Recent Examples on the Web Consistency is the gremlin of massive operations like this, and occasionally the engineering of dishes falls short. 
Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022 An unrealized Jim Henson film in which the titular character, a fluffy pterodactyl, vanquishes a gremlin based on Lee Atwater. David Kamp, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 See More
Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022 An unrealized Jim Henson film in which the titular character, a fluffy pterodactyl, vanquishes a gremlin based on Lee Atwater. David Kamp, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 And yet, who’s to say a gremlin or a crash isn’t waiting for him in Monterey. Nathan Brown, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
origin unknown
First Known Use
1941, in the meaning defined above
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