little people

noun

Definition of little peoplenext
as in fairy

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  1. elf
  2. goblin
  3. troll
  4. faerie
  5. gnome
  6. pixie
  7. leprechaun
  8. dwarf
Noun
  • Arrietty Next in is Arrietty, who does elf drag by whitening the triangle between her eyebrows to the extreme.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Techno music blasted as the singer showed off the elf's DJ booth from all angles.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of elf
Noun
  • So as ghosts and goblins roam the streets this Halloween season, remember that market fears, like shadows in the night, are often more frightening in our imagination than in reality.
    Robert Daugherty, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The event, at the Denver Savoy, will also feature a custom mini-labyrinth and a goblin band in addition to The Whimsy of Things.
    John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of goblin
Noun
  • One of those calls saw right-wing troll Charles Johnson outright accuse Dittmann of being Musk.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Copyright trolls try to benefit from this, getting content removed that otherwise would remain on the platform and sometimes attempting to push users to submit unnecessary payments.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of troll
Noun
  • The Unseelie Court is the bastion of malevolent faeries who harm humans for their amusement or to exact revenge.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • That’s in addition to the strange creatures that roam the countryside such as faeries and dragon.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of faerie
Noun
  • The majority of the antique gnomes, many imported from Germany, are found in Fairyland Caverns, nestled into fairy tale scenes.
    Su-Jit Lin, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Sight gags baked into the production design (the books the Gromit reads or the signs that populate the sets) and gnome puns aplenty make for a ride in which every frame packs a dense layer of comedy, at times conspicuous, others not so much.
    Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of gnome
Noun
  • At this year’s Golden Globes, Emma Stone—no stranger to a hair transformation—debuted a chocolate brown pixie cut.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Kaz is entering the villa ready for a fresh start—her fresh blonde pixie included.
    Meg Walters, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2025
Definition of pixie
Noun
  • The leprechaun suit stayed because that’s how fandom functions.
    Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
  • American Indians believed in supernatural beings — forest dwellers — who lived in caves, not unlike the Irish leprechauns.
    Diane Owens Prettyman, Austin American-Statesman, 11 Mar. 2024
Definition of leprechaun
Noun
  • Emperor tamarins are dwarf monkeys with whiskers that resemble a white moustache.
    Robert Higgs, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The dwarf variety grows to be about 5 to 7 feet, ideal for a small garden or accent in a room with limited space.
    Bryce Jones, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
Definition of dwarf
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