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    [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" | \ ˈspük \


    1: ghost, specter

    2: an undercover agent : spy


    Origin: 1801 ;

     Dutch; akin to Middle Low German spōk ghost;

    [Noun]  | "spooks" 


    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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    [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]  | "spooks" 


    1: to strike with fear;


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





    [Verb]  | "spook" 


    1: to strike with fear;


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





     [ "spooks" ]

    1:  Government intelligence agents, see G-men.

      * e.g.,  ...  Careful on this phone line, there could be spooks listening in. 


     [ "spooks" ]

    2:  Anyone involved in espionage.

      * e.g.,  ...  I heard this place was crawling with spooks, some kind of weapon of mass destruction is being sold or something. 

     [ "spooks" ]

    1: more than one black dude,

      * e.g.,  ... fuck, there are alot of spooks up in here 

     [ "spooks" ]

    1: a tv programme.

      * e.g.,  ... i am going to watch spooks tonight! 


     [ "spooks" ]

    2: a crap version of 24 in the uk.


     [ "spooks" ]

    3: well its not that bad its just that they dont have as much money to make it.

     [ "spooks" ]

    1: glorified goth - can be noted wearing all black listening to garve like himsa and give up the ghost, fav film is always nightmare before xmas

      * e.g.,  ... look at them spooks all hanging in a grave yard diiiiicks 

     [ "spooks" ]

    1: your infant child turns to you and goes "is that John?" and you're so baffled all you can utter is something like hm huh who where.

      * e.g.,  ... gave me the spooks 


     [ "spooks" ]

    2: turns out the Beatles are playing in the background and she wants to check whether its John or Paul singing.

     [ "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 

     [ "spooked" ]

    1: Scared, Bewildered, Nervous

      * e.g.,  ... When the gang came into the mall, all of the people were "spooked" from the mean looks on all their faces. 

     [ "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." 

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