1. goblin - Noun
2. Goblin - Proper noun
An evil or mischievous spirit; a playful or malicious elf; a frightful phantom; a gnome.
Source: Webster's dictionaryDon't get me wrong, magic is cool. But a nervous mother singing to her child at night while something moves quietly through the dark outside her house? That's a story. Handled properly, it's more dramatic than any apocalypse or goblin army could ever be. Patrick Rothfuss
Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on. Eoin Colfer
Through dangers untold and hardships unnumbered I have fought my way here to the castle beyond the Goblin City to take back the child you have stolen, for my will is as strong as yours and my kingdom as great. You have no power over me! Jim Henson
We must not look at goblin men, We must not buy their fruits: Who knows upon what soil they fed Their hungry thirsty roots? Christina Rossetti
I had seen the damp lying on the outside of my little window, as if some goblin had been crying there all night, and using the window for a pocket-handkerchief. Charles Dickens
Best way out,” Elmo observed laconically, "would be to kill everybody who knows anything, then all of us fall on our swords.” "Sounds a little extreme,” Goblin opined. "But if you want to go first, I'm right behind you. Glen Cook