ghost bump

English

Alternative forms

• ghost-bump, ghostbump

Etymology

From ghost +‎ bump, modelled after goosebump.

Noun

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.