spooking
present participle ofspook
spook
verb[T]
uk/spuːk/us/spuːk/tofrightenapersonoranimal:
Seeing thepolicecaroutsidethehousereally spooked them.
Frightening and scaring
- chill
- chillsomeoneto the bone/marrowidiom
- cow
- creep
- curdle
- daylight
- dreadful
- flesh
- jump scare
- makesomeone'sblood curdleidiom
- makesomeone'sblood run coldidiom
- makesomeone'shair stand on endidiom
- makeyourflesh crawl/creepidiom
- scare
- scaremongering
- send
- send chills down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shivers down/upsomeone'sspineidiom
- send shudders/a shudder downyourspineidiom
- wit
Examplesofspooking
spooking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
There will be peoplespookingabout in the dark when country people do not want themspookingabout.
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Instead, he sneaks out of his window, fuels up with high octane gas, then goes zooming all around town,spookingeverything in his way.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Large catches are possible, with rigs kept as light as possible to avoidspookingthe fish.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Light fishing lines and sinkers are used to avoidspookingthe fish and, as with all fishing, live bait produces the best results.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is called a whisper burner and is used for flight over livestock to lessen the chance ofspookingthem.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Spookingis potentially dangerous, as it can result in fallen riders or horses bolting into danger.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A modification calledspookingrefers to a partner with a better view peeking at the hole card in the same circumstance and communicating the information to the player.
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