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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024spook /spuk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Informal Termsa ghost;
specter:a movie about spooks in a haunted house. - Slang Terms[Informal.]a spy:the spooks working for the CIA.
v. - Informal Termsto (cause to) become frightened or scared: [~ + object]The sudden noise spooked the horse.[no object]The horse spooked too easily.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024spook (spo̅o̅k),USA pronunciation n. - Informal Termsa ghost;
specter. - Slang Termsa ghostwriter.
- Slang Termsan eccentric person.
- Slang Terms(disparaging and offensive). a black person.
- Slang Termsan espionage agent;
spy.
v.t. - to haunt;
inhabit or appear in or to as a ghost or specter. - Informal Termsto frighten;
scare.
v.i. - [Informal.]to become frightened or scared:The fish spooked at any disturbance in the pool.
- Dutch; cognate with German Spuk
- 1795–1805, American.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: spook /spuːk/ informal n - a ghost or a person suggestive of this
- US Canadian a spy
vb (transitive) US Canadian - to frighten: to spook horses, to spook a person
- (of a ghost) to haunt
Etymology: 19th Century: Dutch spook, from Middle Low German spōk ghost |