Spook (Noun)
Meaning 1
A mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
Someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The guy in the trench coat who always talks to himself on the bus is a total spook.
- My aunt's new husband is such a spook, he always wears sunglasses indoors.
- The street performer who does creepy puppets is a spook, I try to avoid him when I walk downtown.
- My neighbor is a spook, she always tells me about her conspiracy theories when I run into her.
- The new coworker is a bit of a spook, nobody knows much about him and he always sits alone at lunch.