Henry Rollins

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.

American Musician

Nimrat Kaur

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.

Indian Actress

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.

John le Carre

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.

English Writer

John Huston

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.

American Director

Barry Eisler

When I think of a story, somehow it just always seems to come out involving spooks and spies and government skullduggery.

American Novelist

Lana Parrilla

I love horror, I love scary movies, I love thrillers. If things creep you out and spook you? I love it.

American Actress

Ben Stein

If there's a recession, I'd buy stocks. That's when you make money: when markets are spooked.

American Actor

Ed Kowalczyk

I kind of spooked myself about getting older. It's not that bad really.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

American Journalist

Often used in stories or discussions about Halloween and the supernatural.

Halloween Associations

May be used humorously or to lighten the mood when talking about ghosts.

Not Real Ghosts

Implies secretive, undercover work, not just any kind of spying.

Secret Work

Commonly used in military or intelligence context; suggests inside knowledge.

Military Context

Used regarding animals' reactions to sudden fears; be gentle not to startle them.

Caution Around Animals

Also applies to people; be aware of others' anxieties in tense situations.

Sensitive Situations

Understand it's a highly offensive racial slur and should never be used.

Avoid Usage

The term may indicate someone's behavior or appearance is unsettling to others.

Unfamiliarity Causes Fear

Sometimes used affectionately for someone with unique, quirky traits.

Not Always Negative

Conveys the idea of watching discreetly, often to gain information without being seen.

Cautious Observation

Recognize that this usage is slang and may not be understood in formal contexts.

Modern Slang

 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

Crucial Waters 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

Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...

 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

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,

 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

Frans Lanting &...

 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!

Surviving a Hippo Attack...

 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

Mule Mayhem PIPE Live Free...

 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

Are Badgers the Cleanest...

 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

Redneck Fishing...

 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

Spook

A ghost or spirit.

A spy, especially a secret agent.

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To frighten or make nervous.

A derogatory term for a black person. This usage is offensive and racist.

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A peculiar person, someone who's weird or unusual.

To spy on or secretly investigate.

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