A supernatural fright. / (blackjack, slang) The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook.

present participle of spook

plural of spooking

(informal) A ghost or phantom. / A hobgoblin. / (informal) A scare or fright. / (espionage, slang) A spy. / (slang, dated, derogatory, ethnic slur) A black person.

(transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling). / (intransitive) To become frightened (by something startling). / (transitive) To haunt.

simple past tense and past participle of spook

A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence. / Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spook

plural of spook

(transitive, informal) to scare, to frighten