elves

Noun

• Plural form of elf; small, often mischievous magical beings.
• an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere
• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous
• below 3 kilohertz
• plural of elf
• plural of elve

Examples

• He suspected the board was controlled by ELVES, who kept hiding his best letters.

Synonyms

brownie, elf, ELF, extremely low frequency, gremlin, hob, imp, pixie, pixy