A small, furry creature seen in the film Gremlins. The Mogwai must stay away from bright light, water, and can not be fed after midnight. Sunlight, or other bright light will kill a Mogwai, water causes them to multiply, and feeding after midnight causes them to transform into gremlins. The most famous of all would be Gizmo. Mogwai in Cantonese translates literally as "Evil Spirit".
by Brien Mckelvey September 28, 2007
by Bwood13 June 20, 2015
A euphemism used to describe people of Okinawan descent. It is due to the fact that people whether part of full Okinawan tend to be short, brown, and hairy. See also Ewok, Okinawan
Person 1: "Look at Ikei! That Okinawan kid is so short, brown and hairy! "
Person 2: "Yeah, that's why we call him a Mogwai."
Person 1: "Are you going to the Okinawan Bon Dance tonight?"
Person 2: "Yeah I'll be there with the rest of the Mogwais"
Person 2: "Yeah, that's why we call him a Mogwai."
Person 1: "Are you going to the Okinawan Bon Dance tonight?"
Person 2: "Yeah I'll be there with the rest of the Mogwais"
by ThisGreen December 12, 2010
Mogwai is:
- a post-rock band from Glasgow
- bad gremlins from the film 'Gremlins'
- a Chinese word for ghost
- a post-rock band from Glasgow
- bad gremlins from the film 'Gremlins'
- a Chinese word for ghost
that mogwai is terrifying!
by ldb June 27, 2005
by kickass mcgee March 15, 2005
Glaswegian post rock band that create beautiful and epic masterpieces of music using to name a few, guitars, syth's, vocoders and flutes. Some tracks can go on for over 20 minutes, and are ideal to indulge in lying on your sofa relaxing or falling asleep to or being literally blown away by the noise of at a gig.
mogwai play post rock and have written songs including mogwai fear satan, my father my king and sine wave.
by bell January 1, 2005
by Birnbaum July 26, 2007