spook Hear it!

spook Definition

spook (spo̵̅o̅k)

noun

  1. a specter; ghost
  2. any person suggestive of a specter or ghost, as an eccentric, a secret agent, etc.

Etymology: Du, akin to Ger spuk

transitive verb

  1. to haunt (a person or place)
  2. to startle, frighten, make nervous, annoy, etc.

intransitive verb

to become frightened or startled

spook Synonyms

spook

n.

visitant, spirit, disembodied spirit; see ghost 1.

spook* Synonyms

spook*

v.

alarm, startle, terrorize; see frighten 1.

spook Usage Examples

Object

  • fish: Oh I had a Bad Day; I managed to spook a few fish.
  • horse: Mark Fawcett also runs the Neil Young tribute band don't spook the horse.
  • animal: Bob straitened slowly, anxious not to spook the animal.
  • market: The other point is the indicators of change in the global economic outlook which are already spooking the markets.

Converse of object

  • keep: An extra layer of security over the top provided by its users should be enough to keep the spooks at bay.
  • have: Having several spooks of my own that keep an eye on me, it's hard to get away from it!
  • speak: Technically speaking, Spooks don't even exist they have no names, identities, or known...

Subject

  • noise: They were pretty spooked by the odd noises outside.

Preposition: at

  • thing: He too spooks at things like birds & leaves yet won't bat an eyelid at a tractor.

Adjective modifier

  • chief: Can the chief spook now shake off a reputation for being too close to Tony Blair?

Modifies a noun

  • show: I'll call down Mainwaring; he's sure to join us now the spook show has ended.

Modifying Another Word

  • easily: We watch them feed for a short while but they are very easily spooked and soon fly off upstream and into the distance.
  • really: This really spooked me but as I was fearful that I'd " frighten " my dad away, I continued chatting calmly.
  • n't: Mark Fawcett also runs the Neil Young tribute band do n't spook the horse.
  • quite: Chloe and Danny were quite spooked at how the kids looked so much like them.
  • little: If you are a little spooked by the exposure, dont rush this, but concentrate on the rock.
  • still: Now cancer-free, he's still spooked by the ordeal, almost seven years later.

Noun used with modifier

  • live-action: The legendary ghost tower is once more transformed into a chilling live-action spook experience.

Used with why or when

  • when: The other frustration is that he often seems spooked when confronted with a decision as in this case.

Preposition: by

  • noise: They were pretty spooked by the odd noises outside.
spook Quotes

I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allen Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms.I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fibre and liquidsöand Imight even be said to possess a mind.I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me† When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imaginationöindeed, everything and anything except me.

—Ellison, RalphWaldo