spook

Definition

A ghost or phantom.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”).

Example Sentences

• "The building was haunted by a couple of spooks."
• ""I'll say what I think, no more and no less, and I won't be scared by you or your spooks into altering my opinions.""
• "The big spider gave me a spook."