SPOOK

ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre

(noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience; “he looked like he had seen a ghost”; “it aroused specters from his past”

creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spook

(noun) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

spook

(verb) frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; “The noise spooked the horse”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

spook (plural spooks)

(informal) A ghost or phantom.

A hobgoblin.

(informal) A scare or fright.

(espionage, slang) A spy.

(slang, dated, pejorative, ethnic slur) A black person.

(philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.

Synonyms

• See also ghost

Verb

spook (third-person singular simple present spooks, present participle spooking, simple past and past participle spooked)

(transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).

(intransitive) To become frightened (by something startling).

(transitive) To haunt.

Anagrams

• Koops, SOKOP, Sopko

Source: Wiktionary


Spook, n. Etym: [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spöke, Dan. spögelse a specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke.]

1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton.

2. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The chimæra.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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