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    spook
    /spuːk/

    noun

    • 1. a ghost. informal
    • 2. a spy: informal North American "a CIA spook"

    verb

    • 1. frighten; unnerve: informal "they spooked a couple of grizzly bears"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSPOOKED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SPOOKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of spook 2. to frighten a person or animal: . Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › spookSpook Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : haunt sense 3. 2. : to make frightened or frantic : scare. especially : to startle into violent activity (such as stampeding) intransitive verb. : to become spooked. cattle spooking at shadows.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSPOOK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SPOOK definition: 1. informal for ghost: 2. a spy 3. to frighten a person or animal: . Learn more.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSPOOK definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    5 meanings: 1. a ghost or a person suggestive of this 2. US and Canadian a spy 3. South Africa slang any pale or colourless.... Click for more definitions.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPOOKED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SPOOKED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of spook 2. to frighten a person or animal: . Learn more.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › spookedSpooked - definition of spooked by The Free Dictionary

    Define spooked. spooked synonyms, spooked pronunciation, spooked translation, English dictionary definition of spooked. n. 1. Informal A ghost; a specter. 2. Slang A secret agent; a spy. 3. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a black person. v. spooked , spook·ing...

  8. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › spookspook | meaning of spook in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    • Something spooked him, deep inside, somewhere inaccessible. • The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries .

  9. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › spookedspooked - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    spooked ( comparative more spooked, superlative most spooked) A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence. Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.

  10. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishspook verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    to frighten a person or an animal; to become frightened We were spooked by the strange noises and lights. The horse spooked at the siren.

  11. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › spookedSPOOKED Synonyms: 140 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for SPOOKED: frightened, scared, terrified, afraid, horrified, alarmed, shocked, fearful; Antonyms of SPOOKED: unafraid, fearless, daring, adventurous, spirited, brave, venturesome, plucky.