noun, verb
noun (informal)
1 a ghost:
a castle haunted by spooks
2 (especially AmE) a SPY:
a CIA spook
verb (informal, especially AmE) to frighten a person or an animal; to become frightened: [VN] [usuallypassive] We were spooked by the strange noises and lights. * [V] The horse spooked at the siren.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for spook is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does spook appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — spook appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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