Spook
noun
A ghost or spirit.
The kids believe there's a spook in the old house.
noun
A spy, especially a secret agent.
He used to work as a spook for the government.
Usage tips
Colloquial,Idiomatic
verb
To frighten or make nervous.
Don't spook the horses with your loud noise.
noun
A derogatory term for a black person. This usage is offensive and racist.
Usage tips
Slang, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A peculiar person, someone who's weird or unusual.
He's a real spook, always avoiding eye contact and mumbling to himself.
verb
To spy on or secretly investigate.
We'd better lay low, I think we're being spooked.
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
noun
A ghost or spirit.
The kids believe there's a spook in the old house.
noun
A spy, especially a secret agent.
He used to work as a spook for the government.
Usage tips
Colloquial,Idiomatic
verb
To frighten or make nervous.
Don't spook the horses with your loud noise.
noun
A derogatory term for a black person. This usage is offensive and racist.
Usage tips
Slang, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A peculiar person, someone who's weird or unusual.
He's a real spook, always avoiding eye contact and mumbling to himself.
verb
To spy on or secretly investigate.
We'd better lay low, I think we're being spooked.
Usage tips
Informal
Idiomatic
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Pro Tip 1/2Halloween Associations
Often used in stories or discussions about Halloween and the supernatural.
Every Halloween, children tell stories of spooks and monsters.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Real Ghosts
May be used humorously or to lighten the mood when talking about ghosts.
Oh, it's just the wind; there are no spooks here.
Pro Tip 1/2Halloween Associations
Often used in stories or discussions about Halloween and the supernatural.
Every Halloween, children tell stories of spooks and monsters.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Real Ghosts
May be used humorously or to lighten the mood when talking about ghosts.
Oh, it's just the wind; there are no spooks here.
Pro Tip 1/2Halloween Associations
Often used in stories or discussions about Halloween and the supernatural.
Every Halloween, children tell stories of spooks and monsters.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Real Ghosts
May be used humorously or to lighten the mood when talking about ghosts.
Oh, it's just the wind; there are no spooks here.
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Crucial Waters PIPE...
a sailboat in wintertime as I said in the sub-antarctic so the weather was tough but I got in the water and was just amazed at what I saw there were these beautiful whales that were highly curious and just wanted to to come close and see me I was reluctant to have anybody else get in the water with me initially because I thought these animals might be spooked by me so I
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
we kind of got back I got to see a picture of it from a screen shot and and a number of you also coming to run it so thank you for that and it's you know difficult with these guys when you kind of standing and trying to look at a very small screen because generally we try to stand quite far from the butterflies because otherwise we spook them quite
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Underwater astonishments...
octopus in that amazing now Roger spooked him so it's he took off a cloud of ink land so when he lands the octopus says look I've been seeing best thing to do is get as big as I couldn't get that big brown makes his eye spot very big so he's
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Underwater astonishments...
very easily there if you couldn't use your camouflage, use your skin to change color and texture. Here's some algae in the foreground -- and an octopus. Ain't that amazing? Now, Roger spooked him, so he took off in a cloud of ink,
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Frans Lanting &...
coming closer and I'm wondering what is there and then one night one of our cameras saw this ghostly face come closer and closer and closer and then it got spooked and this was a passive infrared camera trap there's no flash
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Surviving a Hippo Attack...
it actually got spooked and let go of her, because there's very few animals that a hippo would have bit onto that would have had the same reaction. And it's possible that actually saved her life. Kristen!
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Mule Mayhem PIPE Live Free...
didn't have all this stuff buzzing around motorcycles spooking my mule these mules would have gotten along just fine in a horse world which was where we were back then but it is what it is and
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Are Badgers the Cleanest...
badgers are easily spooked partly because their eyesight is so poor below ground their world is one of total darkness although we can see them they must rely on touch and smell
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Redneck Fishing...
generating all this noise that's spooking up the car that's how you do it even in high water the strategy works hey didn't have the nets Allen said he got lucky
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Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
what do you think but I think it's just the weather that's spooking them we were thinking of going in helping Taylor with her elephants see if we can get the
Video examples
Crucial Waters PIPE...
a sailboat in wintertime as I said in the sub-antarctic so the weather was tough but I got in the water and was just amazed at what I saw there were these beautiful whales that were highly curious and just wanted to to come close and see me I was reluctant to have anybody else get in the water with me initially because I thought these animals might be spooked by me so I
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
we kind of got back I got to see a picture of it from a screen shot and and a number of you also coming to run it so thank you for that and it's you know difficult with these guys when you kind of standing and trying to look at a very small screen because generally we try to stand quite far from the butterflies because otherwise we spook them quite
Video examples
Underwater astonishments...
octopus in that amazing now Roger spooked him so it's he took off a cloud of ink land so when he lands the octopus says look I've been seeing best thing to do is get as big as I couldn't get that big brown makes his eye spot very big so he's
Video examples
Underwater astonishments...
very easily there if you couldn't use your camouflage, use your skin to change color and texture. Here's some algae in the foreground -- and an octopus. Ain't that amazing? Now, Roger spooked him, so he took off in a cloud of ink,
Video examples
Frans Lanting &...
coming closer and I'm wondering what is there and then one night one of our cameras saw this ghostly face come closer and closer and closer and then it got spooked and this was a passive infrared camera trap there's no flash
Video examples
Surviving a Hippo Attack...
it actually got spooked and let go of her, because there's very few animals that a hippo would have bit onto that would have had the same reaction. And it's possible that actually saved her life. Kristen!
Video examples
Mule Mayhem PIPE Live Free...
didn't have all this stuff buzzing around motorcycles spooking my mule these mules would have gotten along just fine in a horse world which was where we were back then but it is what it is and
Video examples
Are Badgers the Cleanest...
badgers are easily spooked partly because their eyesight is so poor below ground their world is one of total darkness although we can see them they must rely on touch and smell
Video examples
Redneck Fishing...
generating all this noise that's spooking up the car that's how you do it even in high water the strategy works hey didn't have the nets Allen said he got lucky
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 133 PIPE...
what do you think but I think it's just the weather that's spooking them we were thinking of going in helping Taylor with her elephants see if we can get the
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Quote examples
Henry Rollins
American Musician
The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.
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Nimrat Kaur
Indian Actress
Once while vacationing at my grandparent's house in Rajasthan, we were sleeping on the roof and I spotted an object hovering around in the sky - kind of a UFO. It totally spooked me out. I couldn't sleep for days after that.
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Tone Vays
The events over the DAO hack might have spooked some people from ether to Bitcoin, helping with the rise in price, and now that ether is recovering a little, that movement is reversing the action.
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John le Carre
English Writer
It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
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John Huston
American Director
What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.
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Barry Eisler
American Novelist
When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
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Lana Parrilla
American Actress
I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.
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Ben Stein
American Actor
If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.
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Ed Kowalczyk
American Musician
I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really.
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Brin-Jonathan Butler
American Journalist
Weddings have always spooked me.
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Henry Rollins
American Musician
The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.
Quote examples
Nimrat Kaur
Indian Actress
Once while vacationing at my grandparent's house in Rajasthan, we were sleeping on the roof and I spotted an object hovering around in the sky - kind of a UFO. It totally spooked me out. I couldn't sleep for days after that.
Quote examples
Tone Vays
The events over the DAO hack might have spooked some people from ether to Bitcoin, helping with the rise in price, and now that ether is recovering a little, that movement is reversing the action.
Quote examples
John le Carre
English Writer
It is my writing dilemma. The world of spying is my genre. My struggle is to demystify, to de-romanticise the spook world, but at the same time harness it as a good story.
Quote examples
John Huston
American Director
What to do when inspiration doesn't come; be careful not to spook, get the wind up, force things into position. You must wait around until the idea comes.
Quote examples
Barry Eisler
American Novelist
When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.
Quote examples
Lana Parrilla
American Actress
I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.
Quote examples
Ben Stein
American Actor
If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.
Quote examples
Ed Kowalczyk
American Musician
I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really.
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Brin-Jonathan Butler
American Journalist
Weddings have always spooked me.
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