ghost bump

noun

ghost bump

noun

Etymology From ghost + bump, modelled after goosebump.

1

A goosebump, especially when caused by anything ghostly or ghastly.

The weather turned so frigid Luke got ghost bumps.1986, Michael J. Pellowski, Ghost Toasties:
These were ghost bumps — the prickly bumps on my skin that often showed up when a ghost was about to appear.1996, Linda Joy Singleton, Babysitter Beware, page 8:

2 more examples

Her son even had goose bumps (or more accurately in this case, ghost bumps).2002, Kimberly Molto, True Tales of the Paranormal:
You might say they give us ghostbumps.2012, Leonard R. N. Ashley, Halloween, page 90:

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