spook
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(informal)A ghost or phantom.
The building was haunted by a couple of spooks.
- 2.
A hobgoblin.
- 3.
(informal)A scare or fright.
The big spider gave me a spook.
- 4.
(slang)(espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- 5.
(dated, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)(slang, dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- 6.
(philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- 7.
(US, slang)(US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- 8.
(slang)(slang, gambling) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)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.
- 2.
(intransitive)To become frightened (by something startling).
The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.
- 3.
(transitive)To haunt.
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Borrowed from Dutch spook (ghost), from Middle Dutch spooc (spook, ghost). Cognate with spôk, spûk (apparition, ghost), gespük, Spuk, spøge, spöke.