Spook

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal A ghost; a specter.
  • n. Slang A secret agent; a spy.
  • n. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Black person.
  • v. To haunt.
  • v. To startle and cause nervous activity in; frighten: The news spooked investors, and stock prices fell.
  • verb-intransitive. To become frightened and nervous.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A spirit returning to haunt a place.
  • n. A ghost or an apparition.
  • n. A hobgoblin.
  • n. A spy.
  • n. A scare or fright.
  • n. A black person.
  • v. To scare or frighten.
  • v. To startle or frighten an animal
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
  • n. The chimæra.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A ghost; a hobgoblin.
  • To play the spook.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
  • n. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
  • n. a mental representation of some haunting experience
    • Verb Form
    spooked    spooking    spooks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    frighten    scare    fright    affright    unpleasant person   
    Cross Reference
    Wikipedia article on ghosts   
    Variant
    spuke   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spirit    ghost    apparition    hobgoblin   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baruch    Dubuque    Duke    Luke    Wouk   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bogies    ghoul    scis    catchwords    politicos   
     
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