spook

spook

 (spo͞ok)

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, spooks

v.tr.

1. To haunt.

2. To startle and cause nervous activity in; frighten: The news spooked investors, and stock prices fell.

v.intr.

To become frightened and nervous.

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[Dutch, from Middle Dutch spooc.]

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spook

(spuːk)

n

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

[C19: Dutch spook, from Middle Low German spōk ghost]

ˈspookish adj

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spook

(spuk)

n.

1. a ghost; specter.

2. Informal. an espionage agent; spy.

v.t.

3. to haunt; inhabit or appear in or to as a ghost or specter.

4. to frighten; scare.

v.i.

5. to become frightened or scared.

[1795–1805, Amer.; < Dutch; compare Middle Low German spōk]

spook′er•y, n.

spook′ish, adj.

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spook

Past participle: spooked
Gerund: spooking

Imperative

spook

spook

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spook - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
	2.	spook - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past" ghost, specter, wraith, spectre, shade fantasm, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, shadow, apparition - something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
Verb	1.	spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse" affright, fright, frighten, scare - cause fear in; "The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me"; "Ghosts could never affright her"

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spook

noun

1. ghost, spirit, phantom, spectre, soul, shade (literary), manes, apparition, wraith, revenant, phantasm, eidolon She woke up to see a spook hovering over her bed.

2. (U.S. informal) spy, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent, undercover agent, mole, foreign agent, fifth columnist, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) a U.S. intelligence spook

verb

1. frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, startle, intimidate, daunt, unnerve, petrify, scare (someone) stiff, put the wind up (someone) (informal), scare the living daylights out of (someone) (informal), make your hair stand on end (informal), get the wind up, make your blood run cold, throw into a panic, scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic), freeze your blood, make (someone) jump out of his skin (informal), throw into a fright But was it the wind that spooked her?

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spook

noun

1. Informal. A supernatural being, such as a ghost:

apparition, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, eidolon, ghost, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, revenant, shade, shadow, specter, spirit, visitant, wraith.

Regional: haunt.

2. Informal. A person who secretly observes others to obtain information:

agent, operative, spy.

Idiom: secret agent.

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Translations

شَبَح، خَيال

strašidlo

spøgelse

Spuk

espionrevenant

draugur

apparizionefantasma

spoks

skrømt

hayalethortlak

鬼

spook

[spuːk]

A. N

1. (= ghost) → espectro m, aparición f

2. (US) (= secret agent) → espía mf, agente mf secreto/a

B. VT (US)

1. (= haunt) → aparecerse en, rondar

2. (= frighten) → asustar, pegar un susto a

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spook

[ˈspuːk]

n

(= ghost) → fantôme m

(US) (= secret agent) → barbouze m

vt (mainly US) (= scare) → faire peur à
to be spooked by sth → être effrayé(e) par qch

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spook

(inf)

n

→ Gespenst nt

(US: = spy) → Spion(in) m(f)

vt (esp US: = frighten) → einen Schrecken einjagen (+dat)

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spook

[spuːk] n (fam) → fantasma m, spettro

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spook

(spuːk) noun

a ghost. spook شَبَح، خَيال призрак assombração strašidlo der Spuk spøgelse φάντασμαespectro kummitus, tont روح kummitus revenant/-ante רוּח רְפָאִים प्रेत, भूत duh, sablast kísértet hantu draugur fantasma 幽霊 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis spoks hantu spookspøkelse, skrømtduch assombração fantomă привидение; призрак strašidlo duh duh spöke ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼 привид, мара بھوت ma quỷ 鬼

ˈspooky adjective

eerie and suggesting the presence of ghosts. It's very spooky walking through the graveyard at night. spookagtig شَبَحي призрачен fantasmagórico strašidelný gespenstisch uhyggelig που σε κάνει να φοβάσαι espeluznante tontlik, õudne aavemainen qui donne la chair de poule מפחיד भूत जैसा भयानक sablastan kísérteties seram draugalegur inquietante, 気味の悪い 유령 같은 kraupus, nejaukus spokains; baismīgs menyeramkan spookachtignifs, uhyggeligstraszny, pełen grozy fantasmagórico care provoacă groază жуткий; страшный strašidelný srhljiv sablastan spöklik, kuslig น่ากลัว tüyler ürpertici 陰森可怕的 схожий на привид عفریتی như ma quỷ 吓人的，使人想到鬼的

ˈspookiness noun

spookagtigheid شَبَحِيَّه призрачност ambiente fantasmagórico strašidelnost die Gespensterhaftigkeit uhygge στοιχειωμένη ατμόσφαιρα cualidad de fantasmagórico/espeluznante õudus aavemaisuus caractère effrayant מוזרות भुतहापन sablasnost kísérteties volta vminek keseraman það að vera draugalegur/óhugnanlegur (carattere inquietante) 気味の悪さ 유령 같음 kraupumas spokainība; baismīgums seramnya spookachtigheid nifshet, uhyggegroza ambiente fantasmagórico caracter fantomatic жуть strašidelnosť srhljivost sablasnost spöklikhet, kuslighet ความกลัว dehşet 幽靈 схожість на привид ھیبت انگیزی tính chất như ma quỷ 幽灵

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