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spook

The correct spelling is spook.

How to pronounce spook

/spuːk/
noun

IPA: /spuːk/

Say it like: Spoo-k

The correct spelling is spook. A ghost or phantom. For example: "The building was haunted by a couple of spooks."

Usage Examples

The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.

The big spider gave me a spook.

He who is infatuated with Man leaves persons out of account so far as that infatuation extends, and floats in an ideal, sacred interest. Man, you see, is not a person, but an ideal, a spook. — Max Stirner

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A ghost or phantom.
  2. 2.A hobgoblin.
  3. 3.A scare or fright.
  4. 4.A spy.
  5. 5.A black person.

verb

  1. 1.To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
  2. 2.To become frightened (by something startling).
  3. 3.To haunt.

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