ghoulie ghoul

See also: ghoulie-ghoul

English

Noun

ghoulie ghoul (plural ghoulie ghouls)

1. (rare, informal, hypocoristic) A ghoul (ghostly spirit).
   • 1999, Mona the Vampire, "Attack of the Living Scarecrow" (season 1, episode 1a):

     Principal Shawbly: Now if I started allowing vampires in the classroom, what would be next? Werewolves? Ghoulie-ghouls?

   • 2008, Francesca Lia Block, Beautiful Boys: Missing Angel Juan and Baby Be-Bop, Zondervan, →ISBN, page 157:

     It could be about a ghost of a man who helps a girl free herself from an evil demon ghoulie ghoul and how the girl lets go of her dad and ...

   • 2010, Will Aldis, Lily Wyatt, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 109:

     Gobbly goblins and ghoulie ghouls throw a dead man's party in the center of me, dancing around the bonfire.

   • 2016, Stephen Dilley, A Brains Poetry, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN:

     “Will someone save the citizen from ghoulie ghouls?” cry the Christian church's boys and girls.

Alternative forms

• ghoulie-ghoul

Synonyms

• ghoulie (more common)