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    [Noun]  | "spook" | \ ˈspük \


    1: ghost, specter

    2: an undercover agent : spy


    Origin: 1801 ;

     Dutch; akin to Middle Low German spōk ghost;

    [Verb]  | "spook" 


    1: haunt

    2: to make frightened or frantic : scare; especially : to startle into violent activity (such as stampeding)

    3: to become spooked


    Origin: 1883 ;

    [Noun]  | "spook" 


    1: a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country;


      * e.g., " ... Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union "



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    2: the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people;


      * e.g., " ... Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad "



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    [Verb]  | "spook" 


    1: to strike with fear;


      * e.g., " ... the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin "





     [ "spook" ]

    1: An idea with no true backing in reality, as popularized by the philosopher Max Stirner.

      * e.g.,  ... P. Frenchie Proudhon: The right to property is a spook! 

     [ "spook" ]

    1: a cia agent(s)used in 1960's america

      * e.g.,  ... that black suv is full of spooks 

     [ "spook" ]

    1: government agent. i.e. CIA or NSA.

      * e.g.,  ... We knew something was going on when the spooks showed up. 

     [ "spook" ]

    1: A word to discribe a black person. Normally used by older folks in their mid 70's.

      * e.g.,  ... (Very old man sitting on his pourch enjoying a nice glass of Lemonade.)"I sure hope them spooks walkin' by don't pluck a watermellon from my garden." 

     [ "spook" ]

    1: fucking skeletons scary shit like that

      * e.g.,  ... oh look a spooky skeleton now i am dead 

     [ "spook" ]

    1: Disparaging term for black people; used because during afternoon hours their darker skin tone blends with the darkness of the night, leaving only the whites of their eyes visible, thus resembling a ghost.

      * e.g.,  ... Well shucks dad, I was going to walk Shelly home but there were spooks all up and down the cul de sac. 


     [ "spook" ]

    2: circa mid 1900's

     [ "spook" ]

    1: A racist term used towards black people. Spook, as in "ghost", originated due to the difficulty of seeing black people at night.

      * e.g.,  ... Try to avoid dark alleys. You might not see the spooks waiting to rob you. 

     [ "spook" ]

    1: (1). (noun) slang; derogatory term referring to a black person or someone of African descent; Originally used as a description of someone of African descent being scared easily at ideas of the occult or ghosts.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, did you see how spooked that spook got when he was watching that movie "Saw"? Did you notice how high he jumped out of his chair? You'd swear he was on a basketball court!" 


     [ "spook" ]

    2: (2). (noun) a ghost; specter; or spirit

      * e.g.,  ... “Yeah,... stupid spook.” LOL 


     [ "spook" ]

    3: (3). (verb) to scare or startle easily

     [ "spook" ]

    1:  (noun) slang; derogatory term referring to a black person or someone of African descent; Originally used as a description of someone of African descent being scared easily at ideas of the occult or ghosts.

      * e.g.,  ... "Man, that spook really got spooked watching that movie "Saw". Did you notice how high he jumped? You'd swear he was on a basketball court!" 


     [ "spook" ]

    2:  (noun) a ghost; specter; or spirit

      * e.g.,  ... "Yeah,..." LOL "Stupid spook." 


     [ "spook" ]

    3:  (verb) to scare or startle easily

     [ "spook" ]

    1: a ghost, spirit, or poltergeist

      * e.g.,  ... this house has a spook in it! 

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