Found 2 items, similar to Spook.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: spook
spook
n 1: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn:
creep,
weirdo,
weirdie,
weirdy]
2: a mental representation of some haunting experience;
“he
looked like he had seen a ghost”;
“it aroused specters
from his past” [syn:
ghost,
shade,
wraith,
specter,
spectre]
v : frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action;
“The noise spooked the horse”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Spook
Spook
\Spook\ (sp[=oo]k), 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.
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2. (Zo["o]l.) The chim[ae]ra.
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