SPOOK


Meaning of SPOOK in English

n.

Function: transitive verb

Date: 1883

1 : HAUNT 3

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

intransitive verb : to become spooked <cattle spook ing at shadows>

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.