What does Spook mean?

Definitions for Spook
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy, spooknoun

    someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

  2. ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectreverb

    a mental representation of some haunting experience

    "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"

  3. spookverb

    frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action

    "The noise spooked the horse"

Wiktionary

  1. spooknoun

    A spirit returning to haunt a place.

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

  2. spooknoun

    A ghost or an apparition.

  3. spooknoun

    A hobgoblin.

  4. spooknoun

    A spy.

  5. spooknoun

    A scare or fright.

    The big spider gave me a spook.

  6. spooknoun

    A black person.

  7. spookverb

    To scare or frighten.

  8. spookverb

    To startle or frighten an animal

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

  9. Etymology: From spook.

ChatGPT

  1. spook

    A spook is slang term often used to refer to a spy or undercover agent. More traditionally, the word spook is used to describe a ghost or any sort of apparition that might cause fear or surprise. In both these cases, the common denominator is the sense of something hidden, covert or unexpected. However, it is worth noting that the term "spook" can also be considered a racial slur, therefore it should be used with caution to avoid offensive implications.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Spooknoun

    a spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin

  2. Spooknoun

    the chimaera

  3. Etymology: [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spke, Dan. spgelse a specter, spge to play, sport, joke, spg a play, joke.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Spook

    spōōk, 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. [Dut. spook; Ger. (obs.) spuch, Sw. spöke; not related to puck.]

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Spook

    Expresses the Dutch for “ghost.” Introduced to the United States by the early settlers of New York, this term has obtained currency on both sides of the Atlantic in connection with Spiritualism.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Spook in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Spook in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Spook in a Sentence

  1. Laura Cha:

    Sometimes we spook ourselves, so it remains to be seen how slow is slow, how bad is bad, let's see how the first quarter looks.

  2. Dana Peterson:

    You can always talk yourself into a recession, if businesses start shedding jobs in anticipation of a recession, that is going to spook consumers -- and that can get us into a recession.

  3. Kamran Bokhari:

    The perpetrators don't have to attack in a large way to spook people who are trying to visit the country. All they need to do is have a few incidents here and there to shape perceptions, oNE-OFF.

  4. Alastair Sandler:

    Anything that comes on Twitter is just really noise, I don't think you can use that as an official medium to make global policies, but certainly it's enough to spook the stocks into the weekend. It's a space people will be trying to avoid until the dust settles.

  5. Karine Hirn:

    Chinese authorities wouldn't want to trigger a meltdown which would spook investors and we may see more market stabilising measures on the way.

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