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US
/ˈspuk/
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[ UK /spˈuːk/ ]
[ UK /spˈuːk/ ]
NOUN
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a mental representation of some haunting experience
it aroused specters from his past
he looked like he had seen a ghost - someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
VERB
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frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
The noise spooked the horse
How To Use spook In A Sentence
- Which neatly brings us to Humans, a new spooky drama about artificial intelligence. Times, Sunday Times
- It is a slow-boiler of a film, an exercise in the suspense that spooky children, locked doors, creaking floors, mist, candles and shifty characters do best.
- They can see hooks hanging out from the baitfish in clear water and they'll spook easily if they can see the bait isn't swimming just right.
- I managed to get "Spook" on bookcrossing, so I can now put some other book on my Christmas wish list - I just got my new copy of "Pages" so I'm going to be spoiled for suggestions! Spook/Ghost Hunters (copy)
- Perhaps the spookiest spin is yet to come. Times, Sunday Times
- However, now that the digest is finished (until next month), Spooky's is making me go Outside today to see my neurologist, because the seizure was that bad. "We think we've climbed so high, Up all the backs we've condemned..."
- Growing concern that the crisis would now spread to other vulnerable nations such as Portugal and Spain also spooked traders. Times, Sunday Times
- Generally, though, this is mainstream music with a spooky gown hastily thrown over it. Times, Sunday Times
- Investors have been spooked by the credit crunch and the uncertainty over the future of Northern Rock. Times, Sunday Times
- That spooked the horse because his head and ears picked up and he let out a shrill whinny.