spook meaning

spook as a noun

1. someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric

   Synonyms: creep, weirdo, weirdie, weirdy

   Type of: unpleasant person

2. a mental representation of some haunting experience
   • he looked like he had seen a ghost
   • it aroused specters from his past

   Synonyms: ghost, shade, wraith, specter, spectre

   Type of: apparition

spook as a verb

1. frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
   • The noise spooked the horse

   Type of: frighten

How to pronounce spook

spook is pronounced /spuːk/ in British English and /spuk/ in American English. It has 1 syllable.

Words that rhyme with spook

• duke
• puke
• rebuke
• juke
• kook
• nuke
• souk
• fluke