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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 › englishSPOOK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    verb [ T ] uk / spuːk / us / spuːk / to frighten a person or animal: Seeing the police car outside the house really spooked them.

  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. Synonyms. Noun. agent. asset. emissary. intelligencer.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPOOK | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    verb [ T ] us / spuːk / uk / spuːk / to frighten a person or animal: Seeing the police car outside the house really spooked them.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › spookSpook - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of spook. noun. a mental representation of some haunting experience. synonyms: ghost, shade, specter, spectre, wraith. see more. noun. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric. synonyms: creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy. see more.

  6. www.dictionary.com › browse › spookSPOOK Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Informal. to frighten; scare. verb (used without object) Informal. to become frightened or scared: The fish spooked at any disturbance in the pool. spook. / spuːk / noun. a ghost or a person suggestive of this. a spy. slang. any pale or colourless alcoholic spirit. spook and diesel.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › spookSpook - definition of spook by The Free Dictionary

    1. a ghost or a person suggestive of this. 2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US and Canadian a spy. 3. (Brewing) slang South African any pale or colourless alcoholic spirit: spook and diesel. vb (tr) 4. to frighten: to spook horses; to spook a person. 5. (Alternative Belief Systems) (of a ghost) to haunt.

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

    1. countable noun. A spook is a ghost. [informal] 2. countable noun. A spook is a spy. [US, informal] ...as a U.S. intelligence spook said yesterday. Synonyms: spy, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent More Synonyms of spook. 3. verb. If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. [mainly US]

  9. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionarySPOOK - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

    A complete guide to the word "SPOOK": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

  10. www.oed.com › dictionary › spook_nspook, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English ...

    spook, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English Dictionary. spook noun. Factsheet. Etymology. Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Meaning & use. 1. 1801–. A spectre, apparition, ghost. Often somewhat jocular or colloquial.

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishspook noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    Definition of spook noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.