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| spooks | |
| 1. n. plural of spook |  |
| spook | |
| 1. n. A spirit returning to haunt a place. | |
| The visit to the old cemetery brought scary visions of spooks and ghosts. | |
| 2. n. A ghost or an apparition. | |
| The building was haunted by a couple of spooks. | |
| 3. n. A hobgoblin. | |
| 4. n. (espionage) A spy. | |
| 5. n. A scare or fright. | |
| The big spider gave me a spook. | |
| 6. n. (dated, pejorative) A black person. | |
| 7. n. (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct. | |
| 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. — | |
| 8. v. To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling). | |
| The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran. | |
| 9. v. (intransitive) To become frightened (by something startling). | |
| The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs. | |
| 10. v. To haunt. | |
