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to spook
01
to startle or frighten someone suddenly
Transitive: to spook a person or animal
Examples
The sudden noise from the door slamming spooked the cat, causing it to jump.
The eerie silence in the abandoned house spooked the group of friends exploring it.
Spook
01
a mental representation of some haunting experience
02
someone unpleasantly strange or eccentric
