things that go bump in the night



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things that go bump in the night

Frightful, deadly, and usually supernatural things or events that one imagines in the dark of night. When I was a kid, I hated staying in my grandparents' spooky old house because I was always kept awake by thoughts of ghosts, axe murderers, and other things that go bump in the night.
See also: bump, night, thing

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Shahzad-Persian, Arabic, Urdu
VilhelmVEEL-helm (Finnish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian
Lionel['laiənl]
JyriYUY-reeFinnish
MarilynnMER-ə-lin, MER-lin, MAR-ə-lin, MAR-linEnglish
KaisaKIE-sah (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian