| Pronunciation: | | spook
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| Matching Terms: | | spoo, spoof, spoofing, spooge, spookily, spooky, spool, spool file, spooler, spoolview, spoom, spoon, spoon bread, spoon food, spoonbill, spoonbill catfish, spoon-billed, spoondrift, spoonerism, spooney, spoonfeed, spoonfeeding, spoonflower, spoonful, spoonily, spoonleaf yucca, spoon-meat, spoonwood, spoonworm, spoonwort, spoony, spoor
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- [n] a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
- [n] someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- [v] frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
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| | Synonyms: | | creep, ghost, schmuck, shade, specter, spectre, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy, wraith |
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| | See Also: | | affright, apparition, disagreeable person, fright, frighten, phantom, scare, shadow, unpleasant person |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Spook\, n. [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. sp["o]ke, Dan.
sp["o]gelse a specter, sp["o]ge to play, sport, joke, sp["o]g
a play, joke.]
1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written
also {spuke}.] --Ld. Lytton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The chim[ae]ra.
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