spook

¹spook

noun \ˈspük\

Definition of SPOOK

1

: ghost, specter

2

: an undercover agent : spy

— spook·ish \ˈspü-kish\ adjective

Examples of SPOOK

1. <Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union.>
2. <Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad.>

Origin of SPOOK

Dutch; akin to Middle Low German spōk ghost

First Known Use: 1801

Related to SPOOK

Synonyms: agent, asset, emissary, intelligencer, mole, operative, spy, undercover

Related Words: courier; counterspy, double agent, sleeper; infiltrator, informer, stool pigeon; spymaster, superspy

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Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with SPOOK

cuke, duke, fluke, gook, juke, kook, Luke, nuke, Nuuk, puke, snook, souk, tuque, uke, yeuk, zouk