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    spook
    /spo͞ok/

    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 › englishSPOOKED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    SPOOKED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of spook 2. to frighten a person or animal: . Learn more.

  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.

  4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSPOOK | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Meaning of spook in English. spook. noun [ C ] uk / spuːk / us / spuːk / spook noun [C] (SPIRIT) Add to word list. informal for ghost : The film was dreadful - all spooks and vampires. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Souls, spirits & ghosts. apparition. astral plane. astral projection. aura. chi. ectoplasm. haunted. incorporeal.

  5. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySPOOKED | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    SPOOKED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of spook 2. to frighten a person or animal: . Learn more.

  6. 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]

  7. www.yourdictionary.com › spookedSpooked Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    Spooked definition: A little scared ; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.

  8. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishspook verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

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

  9. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › spookspook | meaning of spook in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    • Something spooked him, deep inside, somewhere inaccessible. • The proposal so spooked lawmakers that they offered an alternative referendum that allowed independent voters to vote in primaries. • Brown has taken great care not to spook the City. • Something must have spooked the horses.

  10. www.thefreedictionary.com › spookedSpooked - definition of spooked by The Free Dictionary

    Define spooked. spooked synonyms, spooked pronunciation, spooked translation, English dictionary definition of spooked. 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...

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › american_englishspook verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes...

    to frighten a person or an animal; to become frightened We were spooked by the strange noises and lights. The horse spooked at the siren.