What is the mean of spook?
Definition of spook (Entry 2 of 2) transitive verb. 1 : haunt sense 3. 2 : to make frightened or frantic : scare especially : to startle into violent activity (such as stampeding) intransitive verb.
What is a spook person?
Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Black person. Slang. an espionage agent; spy.
What is another word for spook?
In this page you can discover 37 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for spook, like: ghost, spirit, startle, frighten, phantom, goblin, bogey, bogle, terrorize, disembodied spirit and hobgoblin.
What type of word is spook?
So here’s the deal: Spook comes from the Dutch word for apparition, or specter. The noun was first used in English around the turn of the nineteenth century. Over the next few decades, it developed other forms, like spooky, spookish, and of course, the verb, to spook.
What does the word tumultuously mean?
1 : marked by tumult : loud, excited, and emotional tumultuous applause. 2 : tending or disposed to cause or incite a tumult the laws … were violated by a tumultuous faction— Edward Gibbon. 3 : marked by violent or overwhelming turbulence or upheaval tumultuous passions.
What is the meaning of spooked out?
to scare, to frighten
(transitive, informal) to scare, to frighten. The strange man with the large head spooked me out so much until I realized it was only a picture.
What is a spook spy?
A spook is a spy. [US, informal] …a U.S. intelligence spook. Synonyms: spy, secret agent, double agent, secret service agent More Synonyms of spook. 3.
What is Crow slang for?
boast, brag, vaunt, crow mean to express pride in oneself or one’s accomplishments.
How do you spell Boggie?
bogey
- ˈbu̇-gē , ˈbō- , ˈbü- \ : specter, phantom.
- ˈbō-gē also ˈbu̇- or ˈbü- \ : a source of fear, perplexity, or harassment.
- ˈbō-gē \ golf.
- ˈbō-gē \ : a numerical standard of performance set up as a mark to be aimed at especially in competition.
What is the synonym of startle?
surprise, frighten, scare, alarm, give someone a shock, give someone a fright, give someone a jolt, make someone jump. perturb, unsettle, agitate, disturb, disconcert, disquiet.
What does fastidiously mean?
1a : showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care fastidious attention to detail— Robert Evett. b : reflecting a meticulous, sensitive, or demanding attitude fastidious workmanship.