Spook - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|spuːk|
Brit.
|spuːk|
noun
- someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric (syn: creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience (syn: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, wraith)
- a mental representation of some haunting experience (syn: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, wraith)
verb
- frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
The noise spooked the horse
Extra examples
...Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union....
...Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad....
The noise spooked the cat.
The little girl was spooked by scary masks.
You're spooking me. You're too quiet.
He never spooked at anything.
I'm not easily spooked.
The noise spooked the horse
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: spook
he/she/it: spooks
present participle: spooking
past tense: spooked
past participle: spooked
I/you/we/they: spook
he/she/it: spooks
present participle: spooking
past tense: spooked
past participle: spooked
noun
singular: spook
plural: spooks
singular: spook
plural: spooks
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