spook

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (informal) A ghost or phantom.
2. A hobgoblin.
3. (informal) A scare or fright.
4. (slang) An undercover agent or spy.
5. (slang) A black person.
6. A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
7. (slang) A psychiatrist.
8. (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.

Gespenst

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disembodied soul

supernatural visitant

odd fellow

be frightened

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/spuːk/

Borrowed from Dutch spook (“ghost”), from Middle Dutch spooc (“spook, ghost”). Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, spûk (“apparition, ghost”), Middle High German gespük (“a haunting”), German Spuk, Danish spøge (“to haunt”), Swedish spöke (“ghost”). Doublet of puck.