spook
Nouns
- (n) someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric creep, weirdie, weirdo, weirdy,
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(n) a mental representation of some haunting experience
- he looked like he had seen a ghost
- it aroused specters from his past
Verbs
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(v) frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
- The noise spooked the horse