Definizione monolingua

spook

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

1. To scare or frighten.
2. To startle or frighten an animal

   The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.

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. (espionage) A spy.
   • 2009, ""Spies like them"", BBC News Magazine (online), 24 July:

     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?

5. A scare or fright.

   The big spider gave me a spook.

6. (dated, pejorative) A black person.

Definizione dizionario spook

apparizione

fantasma

spettro

spia

Altri significati:

ghost or apparition

A ghost or an apparition.

To scare or frighten.

spirit returning to haunt a place

A hobgoblin.

(espionage) A spy.

To startle or frighten an animal

(dated, pejorative) A black person.

A spirit returning to haunt a place.