pikkupiru — meaning in English

English meaning

• gremlin noun A mischievous imaginary creature blamed for mechanical faults or malfunctions, especially in machinery or aircraft.
• imp noun A small, mischievous supernatural creature, like a minor demon.

Senses

pikkupiru is used for these senses in English:

• gremlin An imaginary creature reputed to be mischievously inclined, for example, to damage or dismantle machinery.
• imp (chiefly, fiction, and, mythology) A small, mischievous sprite or a malevolent supernatural creature, somewhat comparable to a demon but smaller and less powerful, formerly regarded as the child of the devil or a demon (see sense 3.2). [from 16th c.]

gremlin — full definition

1. noun A mischievous imaginary creature blamed for mechanical faults or malfunctions, especially in machinery or aircraft.
2. noun An unexplained glitch, fault, or source of trouble in a system or piece of equipment.
3. noun A troublesome, mischievous, or annoying person.

imp — full definition

1. noun A small, mischievous supernatural creature, like a minor demon.
2. noun A mischievous child.

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