About The Word Spook
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Spook
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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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