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spook
(spo͞ok)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, spooks
v.tr.
1. To haunt.
2. To startle and cause nervous activity in; frighten: The news spooked investors, and stock prices fell.
v.intr.
To become frightened and nervous.
[Dutch, from Middle Dutch spooc.]
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spook
(spuːk)n
1. a ghost or a person suggestive of this
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US and Canadian a spy
3. (Brewing) slang South African any pale or colourless alcoholic spirit: spook and diesel.
vb (tr)
4. to frighten: to spook horses; to spook a person.
5. (Alternative Belief Systems) (of a ghost) to haunt
[C19: Dutch spook, from Middle Low German spōk ghost]
ˈspookish adj
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spook
(spuk)n.
1. a ghost; specter.
2. Informal. an espionage agent; spy.
v.t. 3. to haunt; inhabit or appear in or to as a ghost or specter.
4. to frighten; scare.
v.i. 5. to become frightened or scared.
[1795–1805, Amer.; < Dutch; compare Middle Low German spōk]
spook′er•y, n.
spook′ish, adj.
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spook
Past participle: spooked
Gerund: spooking
| Imperative |
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| spook |
| spook |
| Present |
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| I spook |
| you spook |
| he/she/it spooks |
| we spook |
| you spook |
| they spook |
| Preterite |
|---|
| I spooked |
| you spooked |
| he/she/it spooked |
| we spooked |
| you spooked |
| they spooked |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am spooking |
| you are spooking |
| he/she/it is spooking |
| we are spooking |
| you are spooking |
| they are spooking |
| Present Perfect |
|---|
| I have spooked |
| you have spooked |
| he/she/it has spooked |
| we have spooked |
| you have spooked |
| they have spooked |
| Past Continuous |
|---|
| I was spooking |
| you were spooking |
| he/she/it was spooking |
| we were spooking |
| you were spooking |
| they were spooking |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had spooked |
| you had spooked |
| he/she/it had spooked |
| we had spooked |
| you had spooked |
| they had spooked |
| Future |
|---|
| I will spook |
| you will spook |
| he/she/it will spook |
| we will spook |
| you will spook |
| they will spook |
| Future Perfect |
|---|
| I will have spooked |
| you will have spooked |
| he/she/it will have spooked |
| we will have spooked |
| you will have spooked |
| they will have spooked |
| Future Continuous |
|---|
| I will be spooking |
| you will be spooking |
| he/she/it will be spooking |
| we will be spooking |
| you will be spooking |
| they will be spooking |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I have been spooking |
| you have been spooking |
| he/she/it has been spooking |
| we have been spooking |
| you have been spooking |
| they have been spooking |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been spooking |
| you will have been spooking |
| he/she/it will have been spooking |
| we will have been spooking |
| you will have been spooking |
| they will have been spooking |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been spooking |
| you had been spooking |
| he/she/it had been spooking |
| we had been spooking |
| you had been spooking |
| they had been spooking |
| Conditional |
|---|
| I would spook |
| you would spook |
| he/she/it would spook |
| we would spook |
| you would spook |
| they would spook |
| Past Conditional |
|---|
| I would have spooked |
| you would have spooked |
| he/she/it would have spooked |
| we would have spooked |
| you would have spooked |
| they would have spooked |
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Noun 1. [画像:spook - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric]spook - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
disagreeable person, unpleasant person - a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
2. [画像:spook - a mental representation of some haunting experience]spook - a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
Verb 1. spook - frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"
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spook
noun
1. ghost, spirit, phantom, spectre, soul, shade (literary), manes, apparition, wraith, revenant, phantasm, eidolon She woke up to see a spook hovering over her bed.
2. (U.S. informal) spy, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent, undercover agent, mole, foreign agent, fifth columnist, nark (Brit., Austral., & N.Z. slang) a U.S. intelligence spook
verb
1. frighten, alarm, scare, terrify, startle, intimidate, daunt, unnerve, petrify, scare (someone) stiff, put the wind up (someone) (informal), scare the living daylights out of (someone) (informal), make your hair stand on end (informal), get the wind up, make your blood run cold, throw into a panic, scare the bejesus out of (informal), affright (archaic), freeze your blood, make (someone) jump out of his skin (informal), throw into a fright But was it the wind that spooked her?
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spook
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Translations
شَبَح، خَيال
strašidlo
spøgelse
draugur
spoks
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spook
[ˈspuːk]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
spook
(inf)vt (esp US: = frighten) → einen Schrecken einjagen (+dat)
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spook
(spuːk) noun a ghost. spook شَبَح، خَيال призрак assombração strašidlo der Spuk spøgelse φάντασμα espectro kummitus, tont روح kummitus revenant/-ante רוּח רְפָאִים प्रेत, भूत duh, sablast kísértet hantu draugur fantasma 幽霊 유령 šmėkla, vaiduoklis spoks hantu spook spøkelse, skrømt duch assombração fantomă привидение; призрак strašidlo duh duh spöke ผี hayalet, hortlak 鬼 привид, мара بھوت ma quỷ 鬼
ˈspooky adjective eerie and suggesting the presence of ghosts. It's very spooky walking through the graveyard at night. spookagtig شَبَحي призрачен fantasmagórico strašidelný gespenstisch uhyggelig που σε κάνει να φοβάσαι espeluznante tontlik, õudne aavemainen qui donne la chair de poule מפחיד भूत जैसा भयानक sablastan kísérteties seram draugalegur inquietante, 気味の悪い 유령 같은 kraupus, nejaukus spokains; baismīgs menyeramkan spookachtig nifs, uhyggelig straszny, pełen grozy fantasmagórico care provoacă groază жуткий; страшный strašidelný srhljiv sablastan spöklik, kuslig น่ากลัว tüyler ürpertici 陰森可怕的 схожий на привид عفریتی như ma quỷ 吓人的,使人想到鬼的
ˈspookiness noun spookagtigheid شَبَحِيَّه призрачност ambiente fantasmagórico strašidelnost die Gespensterhaftigkeit uhygge στοιχειωμένη ατμόσφαιρα cualidad de fantasmagórico/espeluznante õudus aavemaisuus caractère effrayant מוזרות भुतहापन sablasnost kísérteties volta vminek keseraman það að vera draugalegur/óhugnanlegur (carattere inquietante) 気味の悪さ 유령 같음 kraupumas spokainība; baismīgums seramnya spookachtigheid nifshet, uhygge groza ambiente fantasmagórico caracter fantomatic жуть strašidelnosť srhljivost sablasnost spöklikhet, kuslighet ความกลัว dehşet 幽靈 схожість на привид ھیبت انگیزی tính chất như ma quỷ 幽灵
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