spook
noun
- 1
a mental representation of some haunting experience
he looked like he had seen a ghost
it aroused specters from his past
- 2
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
verb
- 1
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
The noise spooked the horse
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