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Meanings of spook in English

Portuguese
espectro
Catalan
espectre
Spanish
espectro

A mental representation of some haunting experience.

        espectro
        Spanish
        espectro

        Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.

              espectro
              Usage of spook in English
              1
              Escalation would further spook markets: unfortunately that seems more and more likely.
              Reuters
              2
              Ability to break out of the ordinary and really spook opposition defences.
              The Irish Times
              3
              These events tend to spook investors who above all else, desire predictability.
              The South African
              4
              Then I turned to the spook squad and said, All right, everybody.
              Ghost Story
              5
              The Hallowindow is one of the greatest spook setups I've ever seen.
              Wired
              6
              Quidnunc is indebted to a well-known Dublin spook-watcher for this alarming news.
              The Irish Times
              7
              She wondered what exactly she'd said to make him spook like that.
              The cold room
              8
              He hadn't wanted to spook Rende, not until he could be sure.
              Map of bones
              9
              He doesn't know about Ebenezar, and I don't want to spook him.
              Blood rites
              10
              I blew the horn, hoping to spook Morgenstern, but it didn't work.
              The Great Book of Amber
              11
              The last thing he wanted to do was spook the Recon officer.
              Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
              12
              But I'm afraid outside influence spoiled the plot for the spook tragedy.
              Jane Allen, Junior
              13
              He's always been an administrator, a bureaucrat and not an actual 'spook.'
              War Of Honor
              14
              Then that night the spook slips in and shuts off the alarm.
              The dog said bow-wow
              15
              I want to talk to you too about this absurd spook scare.
              A harum-scarum schoolgirl
              16
              If you catch that spook, send us one of his tail feathers.
              The Killer
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              United States of America
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              Less common