Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to spook
Participle: spooked
Gerund: spooking
Indicative
Present
| I | spook |
| you | spook |
| he;she;it | spooks |
| we | spook |
| you | spook |
| they | spook |
Perfect
| I | have spooked |
| you | have spooked |
| he;she;it | has spooked |
| we | have spooked |
| you | have spooked |
| they | have spooked |
Past
| I | spooked |
| you | spooked |
| he;she;it | spooked |
| we | spooked |
| you | spooked |
| they | spooked |
Pluperfect
| I | had spooked |
| you | had spooked |
| he;she;it | had spooked |
| we | had spooked |
| you | had spooked |
| they | had spooked |
Future
| I | will spook |
| you | will spook |
| he;she;it | will spook |
| we | will spook |
| you | will spook |
| they | will spook |
Future Perfect
| I | will have spooked |
| you | will have spooked |
| he;she;it | will have spooked |
| we | will have spooked |
| you | will have spooked |
| they | will have spooked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | spook |
| you | spook |
| he;she;it | spook |
| we | spook |
| you | spook |
| they | spook |
Perfect
| I | have spooked |
| you | have spooked |
| he;she;it | have spooked |
| we | have spooked |
| you | have spooked |
| they | have spooked |
Imperfect
| I | spooked |
| you | spooked |
| he;she;it | spooked |
| we | spooked |
| you | spooked |
| they | spooked |
Pluperfect
| I | had spooked |
| you | had spooked |
| he;she;it | had spooked |
| we | had spooked |
| you | had spooked |
| they | had spooked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would spook |
| you | would spook |
| he;she;it | would spook |
| we | would spook |
| you | would spook |
| they | would spook |
Perfect
| I | would have spooked |
| you | would have spooked |
| he;she;it | would have spooked |
| we | would have spooked |
| you | would have spooked |
| they | would have spooked |
Imperative
| you | spook |
| we | Let's spook |
| you | spook |
Verbs conjugated like 'spook'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'spook'
shook,
snook,
sook,
spoof,
spool,
spoom,
spoon,
spoor,
spork,
stook,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
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”). See: Danish '
spøge', Swedish '
spöke'.
Verbs referencing "spook"
Danish
spøge, German, old spelling
spuken.
Sample Sentences
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The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.
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As that was happening, an East Midlands train came through at 90mph. George [a Labrador] was spooked as the train went past him and ran backwards across the neighbouring slow lines and off towards the sidings. [2022 August 10, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 963, page 71:]
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The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.