SPOOK
spook
Noun
- A spirit returning to haunt a place.
- The visit to the old cemetery brought scary visions of spooks and ghosts.
- A ghost or an apparition.
- The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.
- A hobgoblin.
- A spy.
- A scare or fright.
- The big spider gave me a spook.
- A black person.
Verb
- To scare or frighten.
- To startle or frighten an animal
- The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.
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