boggart

British  

/ ˈbɒɡət /

noun

1. dialect a ghost or poltergeist

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Etymology

Origin of boggart

perhaps from bog , variant of _bug ² + _-ard

Example Sentences

“A heron, was it? Might’ve been. I thought it was a flying boggart. They do fly, some of ’em, making a kind of a whirring noise.

From Slate

Professor Lupin had deliberately stopped him from tackling the boggart.

From Literature

The story of the boggart assuming Snape’s shape, and the way that Neville had dressed it in his grandmother’s clothes, had traveled through the school like wildfire.

From Literature

“He assigned that essay hoping someone would realize what my symptoms meant.... Did you check the lunar chart and realize that I was always ill at the full moon? Or did you realize that the boggart changed into the moon when it saw me?”

From Literature

So, the first question we must ask ourselves is, what is a boggart?”

From Literature