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How to pronounce “spook”
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Pronunciation guide for spook
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of spook with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Guy Kawasaki
So Julia Child was a spook.
- Definition summary
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
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How to pronounce spook
Guy Kawasaki
So Julia Child was a spook.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “spook”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (informal) A ghost or phantom.
- A hobgoblin. (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- (informal) A scare or fright.
- (espionage, slang) An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
- (slang, dated, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person.
- (philosophy) A metaphysical manifestation; an artificial distinction or construct.
- (US, slang, medicine) A psychiatrist.
- (slang, gambling) 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.
- [Verb]
- (transitive) To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).
- (intransitive) To become frightened (by something startling).
- (transitive) To haunt.
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