How to pronounce gremlin
American English pronunciation
GREM-lin
- IPA
- /ˈɡɹɛmlɪn/
- Syllables
- GREM · lin (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gremlin means
An imaginary imp blamed when machines go wrong
In a sentence: When the printer jammed again, Dad joked that a gremlin lived inside it.
Where it comes from: No one knows for sure where it came from. It was air force slang in the 1920s for an imp that made airplanes break.
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