spook

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also 1.7 Anagrams 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.3 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Dutch spook (“‘ghost’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: spo͞ok, IPA: /spuːk/, SAMPA: /spu:k/

  Rhymes: -uːk

[edit] Noun

spook (plural spooks)

1. A spirit returning to haunt a place
   • The visit to the old cemetery brought scary visions of spooks and ghosts.
2. a ghost or an apparition
3. a hobgoblin.
4. A spy.

   From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies? — Spies like them, BBC News Magazine (online), Friday, 24 July 2009

5. (dated) (pejorative) A black person

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:ghost

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to spook (third-person singular simple present spooks, present participle spooking, simple past and past participle spooked)

1. to scare or frighten someone or
2. to frighten an animal
   • The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.

[edit] Translations

• Finnish: pelotella (1), säikyttää (2)

[edit] Related terms

• spooky

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia article on ghosts

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: koops
• SOKOP

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

spook n. (plural spoken, diminutive spookje, diminutive plural spookjes)

1. phantom, ghost

   Geloof je in spoken? — Do you believe in ghosts?

2. horror, terror

   het spook van de oorlog: the horror of war

3. an annoying and intolerable woman

[edit] Verb

spook

1. The first-person singular present tense of spoken.