spook

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: creepweirdoweirdieweirdyghostshadewraithspecterspectre

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentricSynonyms: creepweirdoweirdieweirdy
  2. a mental representation of some haunting experience“he looked like he had seen a ghost”“it aroused specters from his past”Synonyms: ghostshadewraithspecterspectre

Verb (1)

  1. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action“The noise spooked the horse”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Spook \Spook\ (sp[=oo]k), n. [D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. sp["o]ke, Dan. sp["o]gelse a specter, sp["o]ge to play, sport, joke, sp["o]g a play, joke.]

1.A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]

2.(Zool.) The chimaera. [1913 Webster]

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