spooknoun [ C ]
uk/spuːk/us/spuːk/spook noun [ C ] (SPIRIT)
informal for ghost noun :
The film was dreadful - all spooks and vampires.
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Souls, spirits & ghosts
- apparition
- astral plane
- aura
- chi
- familiar
- ghost
- ghostly
- haunt
- necromancy
- Ouija board
- phantom
- poltergeist
- possessed
- soul
- spectral
- spectre
- spirit
- spiritualism
- zombie
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spook noun [ C ] (PERSON)
US a spy noun
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International relations: spying and espionage
- agent
- agent provocateur
- counter-espionage
- counterintelligence
- deep state
- intelligence
- MI5
- MI6
- on the inside idiom
- operative
- phone tapping
- scout
- snoop
- spy
- spy on sb/sth
- tail
- tap
- the CIA
- wired up
- wiretap
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spookverb [ T ]
uk/spuːk/us/spuːk/to frighten a person or animal:
Seeing the police car outside the house really spooked them.
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Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chill sb to the bone/marrow idiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- flesh
- frighten
- make your flesh crawl/creep idiom
- overawe
- petrify
- put the fear of God into you idiom
- put/get the wind up sb idiom
- scare
- send
- send chills down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shivers down/up sb's spine idiom
- send shudders/a shudder down your spine idiom
- shiver (up and) down your spine idiom
- wit
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