Category:Spook

Spook, n. Etym: [d. spook; akin to g. spuk, sw. spöke, dan. spögelse A specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke.]

1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [written also Spuke.] Ld. Lytton.

2. (zoöl.)

Defn: the chimæra.