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spook

[spook]
–noun
1. Informal. a ghost; specter.
2. Slang. a ghostwriter.
3. Slang. an eccentric person.
4. Slang: Disparaging and Offensive. a black person.
5. Slang. an espionage agent; spy.
–verb (used with object)
6. to haunt; inhabit or appear in or to as a ghost or specter.
7. Informal. to frighten; scare.
–verb (used without object)
8. Informal. to become frightened or scared: The fish spooked at any disturbance in the pool.

Origin:
1795–1805, Americanism; < D; c. G Spuk


spook⋅er⋅y, noun
spookish, adjective
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