Spook

[spuːk]

Definition

(verb.) frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; 'The noise spooked the horse'.

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Definition

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

(n.) The chimaera.

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Definition

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.

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