Reverse Dictionary: HOBGOBLIN

ADJECTIVES
► BOGLIE haunted by hobgoblins or ‘bogies’ → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► LARVAL belonging to a night spirit, ghost, hobgoblin; ghastly, dreadful → 1656 obs.

NOUNS
► BARGHEST a ghost, wraith, or hobgoblin → 1788 Eng. dial.
► BEELZEBUB the devil; a devil or hobgoblin → 1943 Amer. dial.
► BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin → 1970 Amer. dial.
► BO a hobgoblin → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOAKIE ► BOKIE a bogie, a hobgoblin, a bugbear → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOCKIE a bugbear; a hobgoblin → 1898 (Bk.)
► BODACH a spectre, a hobgoblin → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOGLE-BO a hobgoblin; any object of terror → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOLLY a bogy, a hobgoblin → 1724 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BO-LO a name used to frighten children; a kidnapper; a fairy, a hobgoblin; the devil, a ghost → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BO-MAN a name used to frighten children; a kidnapper; a fairy, a hobgoblin; the devil, a ghost → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOO-DADDY a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children → 1888 Amer. dial.
► BOODIE a ghost, a hobgoblin → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BOOGER a ghost, hobgoblin; often used to threaten children → 1866 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERBEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965  Amer. dial.
► BOOGERBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOGERMAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1903 Amer. dial.
► BOOGIE a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1968 Amer. dial.
► BOOGIEBEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965  Amer. dial.
► BOOGIEBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BOOG MAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BOOKITY SAM a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1966 Amer. dial.
► BUGABO ► BUGABOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1787 Amer. dial.
► BUGGABEAR ► BUGGERBEAR a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1939  Amer. dial.
► BUGGER a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965  Amer. dial.
► BUGGER-MAN a ghost, a hobgoblin, often used to frighten children → 1965 Amer. dial.
► BUGGERY BOO the bogie-man, a hobgoblin, a bugbear → 1939 Amer. dial.
► BUGGYBOO a ghost or imaginary monster, a hobgoblin; the devil → 1966 Amer. dial.
► CATAWAMPUS ► CATTYWAMPUS an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin → 1843 Amer. dial.
► CORKER a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1968 Amer. dial.
► COW a hobgoblin; a scarecrow, a bugbear → 1500 Sc.
► CRATCH a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► ETTIN a ‘boggle,’ a hobgoblin → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► EVIL a hobgoblin; an evil spirit → 1914 Amer. dial.
► FAT MAN a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1970 Amer. dial.
► GAISHON a thin, emaciated person; a skeleton; a hobgoblin → 1808 Sc. obs.
► GAY HORSE a bugbear or hobgoblin, carried about at plays and public shows, with wide jaws and great teeth → 1483 obs.
► GOBBLER a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children → 1968 Amer. dial.
► GOGGIE a hobgoblin → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► GRAPUS the devil; a hobgoblin → 1825 Sc.
► GREASY a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1970 Amer. dial.
► HAG applied to ghosts, hobgoblins, and other terrors of the night → 1538 obs.
► HOB-GOB a hobgoblin, sprite, elf → 1882 Eng. dial.
► JABO a hobgoblin, used to threaten children and make them behave → 1969 Amer. dial.
► JAKEY a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1967 Amer. dial.
► LAR a sprite, a hobgoblin → 1598 obs.
► LARVA a disembodied spirit; a ghost, a hobgoblin, a spectre → 1651 obs.
► LEEDS DEVIL an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin → 1939 Amer. dial.
► LEEDS’S GHOST an imaginary monster; a hobgoblin → 1945 Amer. dial.
► MOLLY GRAW a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1968 Amer. dial.
► NIGHT DOCTOR a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1954 Amer. dial.
► OLD AUNT DINAH a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD AUNT VIOLET a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD BILLY the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman → 1894
► OLD BILLY HELL the devil; a hobgoblin or boogeyman → 1969 Amer. dial.
► OLD BITING DICK a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD BLACK JOE a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD BOOGER a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD BOOGERMAN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD CORKER a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD CRATCH a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD DEVIL a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD DINAH FLOW a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD GOBLIN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD HARRY a hobgoblin used to threaten children → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD IMP a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD JACK a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD NICK a hobgoblin used to threaten children → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear → 1934 Amer. dial.
► OLD SCRATCH a hobgoblin used to threaten children → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD SCROOGE a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► OLD WHITE HORSE a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1965 Amer. dial.
► POKER a hobgoblin, a mischievous sprite; a demon, a devil → 1598
► POOKA in Irish folklore: a malignant sprite or hobgoblin, esp. one which takes the form of an animal → 1824 Ireland
► RAWHEAD AND BLOODY BONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear; a bogey used to frighten children → 1637 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► RAW-HEELS AND BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
► REDEYE a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear → c1966 Amer. dial.
► REDEYE AND BLOODYBONES a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear → c1966 Amer. dial.
► REDHEAD-BLOODYBONES a spectre, a hobgoblin; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
► RED MAN a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave; a nursery bugbear → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SACK MAN a hobgoblin used to threaten children and make them behave → 1966 Amer. dial.
► SCRAT a hobgoblin; the devil → 1865 Eng. dial.
► SCRATTY a hobgoblin or bogey → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SWAMP WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TADY-WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1965 Amer. dial.
► TANTIBOGUS a boogeyman; a hobgoblin that is used to threaten children and make them behave → 1966 Amer. dial.
► TATTER-FOAL a hobgoblin which appears under the form of a rough-coated horse or foal; also used of other ghostly animals → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► WAMPUS ► WHOMPUS ► WOMPUS an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → 1878 Amer. dial.
► WAMPUS CAT ► WHOMPUS CAT an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → 1913 Amer. dial.
► WAMPUS KITTY an imaginary animal or monster; a hobgoblin → 1954 Amer. dial.
► WHISTLING WAMPUS an imaginary animal monster; a hobgoblin → 1950 Amer. dial.