Definition of Spook

1. Noun. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.

Exact synonyms: Creep, Weirdie, Weirdo, Weirdy
Generic synonyms: Disagreeable Person, Unpleasant Person
Derivative terms: Creep, Creepy

2. Verb. Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action. "The performance is likely to spook Sue"; "The noise spooked the horse"
Generic synonyms: Affright, Fright, Frighten, Scare

3. Noun. A mental representation of some haunting experience. "It aroused specters from his past"
Exact synonyms: Ghost, Shade, Specter, Spectre, Wraith
Generic synonyms: Apparition, Fantasm, Phantasm, Phantasma, Phantom, Shadow
Derivative terms: Ghost

Definition of Spook

1. n. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.

Definition of Spook

1. to scare [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: scare

Medical Definition of Spook

1. 1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. Alternative forms: spuke. 2. The chimaera. Origin: D. Spook; akin to G. Spuk, Sw. Spoke, Dan. Spogelse a specter, spoge to play, sport, joke, spog a play, joke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spook

spontaneous recovery
spontaneous transformation
spontaneous version
spontoon
spontoons
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