ghost bump

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ghost +‎ bump, modelled after goosebump.

Noun[edit]

ghost bump (plural ghost bumps)

  1. A goosebump, especially when caused by anything ghostly or ghastly.
    • 1986, Michael J. Pellowski, Ghost Toasties:
      The weather turned so frigid Luke got ghost bumps.
    • 1996, Linda Joy Singleton, Babysitter Beware, page 8:
      These were ghost bumps — the prickly bumps on my skin that often showed up when a ghost was about to appear.
    • 2002, Kimberly Molto, True Tales of the Paranormal:
      Her son even had goose bumps (or more accurately in this case, ghost bumps).
    • 2012, Leonard R. N. Ashley, Halloween, page 90:
      You might say they give us ghostbumps.
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