Thesaurus: spook
A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
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Definitions
- n. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin.
- n. The chimaera.
- n. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
- n. a mental representation of some haunting experience
- v. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
- 1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton. 2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.
- The chimæra.
- n:25/v:75 v. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action