Spook
WordNet
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
(3) Frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action
"The noise spooked the horse"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A spirit returning to haunt a place
- The visit to the old cemetery brought scary visions of spooks and ghosts.
- a ghost or an apparition
- a hobgoblin.
- A spy.
- From Ian Fleming to John Le Carre - authors have long been fascinated by the world of espionage. But, asks the BBC’s Gordon Corera, what do real life spooks make of fictional spies? — Spies like them, BBC News Magazine (online), Friday, 24 July 2009
- A black person