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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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