Usually means: Mischievous creatures causing mechanical failures.
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General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. gremlins: Merriam-Webster
  2. gremlins: Collins English Dictionary
  3. gremlins: Vocabulary.com
  4. Gremlins, gremlins: Wordnik
  5. gremlins: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. gremlins: Wiktionary
  7. gremlins: Dictionary.com
  8. gremlins: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Gremlins (film), Gremlins (franchise), Gremlins (video game), Gremlins, The Gremlins: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Gremlins: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Encyclopedia Mythica (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. gremlins: Netlingo
  2. Gremlins: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Gremlins: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gremlin as well.)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Gremlins)

noun:  a 1984 American comedy horror film directed by Joe Dante, written by Chris Columbus and starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Hoyt Axton, Polly Holliday and Frances Lee McCain, with Howie Mandel providing the voice of Gizmo, the main mogwai character.
noun:  a 1984 video game developed and published by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 2600.
noun:  an American animated fantasy adventure horror comedy television series.
noun:  an American comedy horror media franchise produced and owned by Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment.


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