spook

🇺🇸 /spuːk/ 🇬🇧 /spuːk/
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noun
R

A spirit or ghost.

I think this old house has a spook because things move on their own.

R

Someone who works as a secret agent.

The spy novel was about a spook who went undercover.

verb
R

To scare someone or something, or to get scared.

Our cat spooked when it saw the vacuum cleaner for the first time.

translation

n. A spirit or ghost.; Someone who works as a secret agent.
v. To scare someone or something, or to get scared.

Word Forms

3rd Present spooks
Past spooked
Perfect spooked
Progressive spooking
Plural spooks