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Spook

Spook Meaning & Definition
Spook Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Spook?

[n] a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
[n] someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
[v] frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Spook: creep | ghost | schmuck | shade | specter | spectre | weirdie | weirdo | weirdy | wraith

Related Terms | Find terms related to Spook:

See Also | affright | apparition | disagreeable person | fright | frighten | phantom | scare | shadow | unpleasant person

Spook In Webster's Dictionary

\Spook\, n. [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. sp["o]ke, Dan. sp["o]gelse a specter, sp["o]ge to play, sport, joke, sp["o]g a play, joke.] 1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also {spuke}.] --Ld. Lytton. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The chim[ae]ra.

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