Definition of spook Spook

/spuˈk/ - [spuk] - spook

We found 13 definitions of spook from 5 different sources.

What does spook mean?

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Verb

spooks, spooking, spooked

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)
A spirit returning to haunt a place.
spook (Noun)
A ghost or an apparition.
spook (Noun)
A hobgoblin.
spook (Noun)
A spy.
spook (Noun)
A scare or fright.
spook (Noun)
A black person.
spook (Verb)
To scare or frighten.
spook (Verb)
To startle or frighten an animal.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

spook (n.)
A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
spook (n.)
The chimaera.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

spook
spōōk, n. a ghost.—v.i. to play the spook.—adjs. Spook′ish, Spook′y, like a ghost, haunted by ghosts: sensitive to the dread of ghosts, suggesting the presence of ghosts. [Dut. spook; Ger. (obs.) spuch, Sw. spöke; not related to puck.]

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spook, verb, present, 1st person singular of spook (infinitive).
spook, verb (infinitive).
spook, noun, singular of spooks.

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