English

Noun

spook ‎(plural spooks)

1. A spirit returning to haunt a place.

   The visit to the old cemetery brought scary visions of spooks and ghosts.

2. A ghost or an apparition.

   The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.

3. A hobgoblin.
4. (espionage) A spy.
   • 2009, "Spies like them", BBC News Magazine (online), 24 July 2009:

     From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies?

   • 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012, Huawei and ZTE: Put on hold

     The congressional study frets that Huawei’s and ZTE’s products could be used as Trojan horses by Chinese spooks.

5. A scare or fright.

   The big spider gave me a spook.

6. (dated, pejorative) A black person.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ghost

Translations

Verb

spook ‎(third-person singular simple present spooks, present participle spooking, simple past and past participle spooked)

1. To scare or frighten.
2. To startle or frighten an animal

   The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.

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Derived terms

See also

• Wikipedia article on ghosts

Anagrams

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Een spook zoals dat vaak in een kinderboek getekend wordt.
A ghost such as is often drawn in a children's book.

spook n ‎(plural spoken, diminutive spookje n)

1. phantom, ghost

   Geloof je in spoken? — Do you believe in ghosts?

2. horror, terror

   het spook van de oorlog: the horror of war

3. an annoying and intolerable woman

Verb

spook

1. first-person singular present indicative of spoken
2. imperative of spoken