Glossary of 'The Night the Ghost Got In' by James Thurber | 10th English Prose

Glossary - The Night the Ghost Got In | by James Grover Thurber

Glossary

hullabaloo (v)

lot of loud noise made by people who are excited.

patrolman (n)

a patrolling police officer.

attic (n)

a space or room inside or partly inside the roof of a building

slamming (v)

shutting a door or window forcefully and loudly.

gruffly (adv.)

sadly

intuitively (adv.)

without conscious reasoning, instinctively

whammed (v)

struck something forcefully

bevelled (v)

reduced to a slopping edge

rending (v)

tearing to pieces

yanked (v)

pulled with a jerk

zither (n)

a musical instrument consisting of a flat wooden sound box with numerous strings stretched across it, placed horizontally and played with fingers

guinea pig (n)

a domesticated tailless South American rodent originally raised for food

hysterical (adj.)

affected by wildly uncontrolled emotion

creaking (v)

making a squeaking sound when being moved

indignant (adj.)

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

holster (n)

a holder made of leather for carrying handgun

rafter (n)

a beam forming part of the internal framework of a roof

deserter (n)

a person who leaves the armed force without permission.