Associations to the word «Spook»
Noun
Adverb
Pictures for the word «Spook»
Wiktionary
SPOOK, noun. A spirit returning to haunt a place.
SPOOK, noun. A ghost or an apparition.
SPOOK, noun. A hobgoblin.
SPOOK, noun. (espionage) A spy.
SPOOK, noun. A scare or fright.
SPOOK, noun. (dated) (pejorative) A black person.
SPOOK, verb. To scare or frighten.
SPOOK, verb. To startle or frighten an animal
SPOOK OUT, verb. (transitive) to scare, to frighten
Dictionary definition
SPOOK, noun. Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
SPOOK, noun. A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past".
SPOOK, verb. Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.