spook

IPA: spˈuk

(informal) A ghost or phantom.
A hobgoblin.
(informal) A scare or fright.
(espionage, slang) An undercover agent or spy.
(slang, dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
(philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
(US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
(blackjack, slang) A player who engages in hole carding by attempting to glimpse the dealer's hole card when the dealer checks under an ace or a 10 to see if a blackjack is present.

Examples of "spook" in Sentences

This must be the spook of articles.
The c.i.a. spook in s tomas, mariana.
He's a ginger tabby and easily spooked.
I do not mean spiritualist as in spooks.
I think they are there to spook people off.
Uriel is described as heaven's spook by Harry.
It is considered widely known as a spook in Japan.
The mercenary story is a cover to spook the cartels.
The super spook is my favorite top water muskie bait for the spring.
I didn't mean to spook the very naive and obviously skittish ROTC kid.
One of the most infamous clubs of the area at that time was the Spook Hunters.
What if you pee of your stand and a monster buck walks by and happens to spook from the smell.
I love the teeny torpedo for my home river fishing smallies, and the spook is a close second for Smallmouth also.
When the somewhat incompetent spook is told the real story they have tot ry and work together without getting blown up.
Hence on our troop sweaters we had a picture of a ghost with a SA80 in the stile of Ghost Busters, with the name spook troop.
"Fish in less than 10 feet tend to spook from the straight-overhead hull commotion, and fish much deeper than 25 feet get difficult to read -- especially if it's windy."