spooking

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English

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Verb

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spooking

  1. present participle and gerund of spook

Noun

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spooking (countable and uncountable, plural spookings)

  1. A supernatural fright.
    • 1981, Selecta: Journal of the PNCFL, page 106:
      Until her death Marie maintained that it was she and a few other fun-loving and lively girls who had started the spookings at the expense of the superstitious sisters.
  2. (blackjack, slang) The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook.