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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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