Hypertext Webster Gateway: "spook"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Spook \Spook\, n. [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. sp["o]ke, Dan.
sp["o]gelse a specter, sp["o]ge to play, sport, joke, sp["o]g
a play, joke.]
1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written
also {spuke}.] --Ld. Lytton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The chim[ae]ra.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
spook
n 1: someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric [syn: {creep}, {weirdo},
{weirdie}, {weirdy}, {schmuck}]
2: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters
from his past" [syn: {ghost}, {shade}, {wraith}, {specter},
{spectre}]
v : frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action:
"The noise spooked the horse"
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