spook

[US]/spuːk/
[UK]/spuk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. ghost
vt. frighten; scare.

Phrases & Collocations

spooky

Example Sentences

Are you afraid of spooks?

they spooked a couple of grizzly bears.

<?pcdata the far-right spook will stay a spook for a long time yet. ?>.

he'll spook if we make any noise.

Something in the bushes spooked her horse.

Madonna fell off a horse on the weekend at Long Island when a paparazzo jumped out of the bushes to take a photo and spooked her horse.She was taken to a local hospital.

Real-world Examples

That financial engineering has recently spooked investors.

Source: CNN Listening Compilation June 2022

No wonder the financial markets were spooked.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

I mean, it's also great to be spooked again.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

He's not gonna do that unless he's spooked.

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

But echoing them would spook business.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

Meanwhile, the spooked herds stampede up the valley.

Source: North American Great Plains - Wild New World

What's got you spooked all of a sudden?

Source: TV series Person of Interest Season 3

It spooked her and she's hiding.

Source: Modern Family - Season 08

They warned that a debt-heavy tax-cut package would spook investors.

Source: Time

But then if something spooks one then only one jumps up.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

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