1. A spy or CIA agent.
2. What racists used to called black people. (dated)
"That guy in the shades reading a newspaper and constantly checking his watch looks like a spook to me"
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fucking skeletons scary shit like that
oh look a spooky skeleton now i am dead
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Spy
Great and appropriate definition which can be problematic because you must be careful not to be mistaken for a racist when using it.
Paranoid Pete: Alternet is crawling with spooks
Hippy Herman: A curse upon you Pete! I will lynch you, you racist bastard!
Paranoid Pete: I am not racist you hippy-cryte! The articles are designed to divide and stir the pot, and the comment section is overrun with sockpuppets posing as astroturfers. It is great entertainment!
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Disparaging term for black people; used because during afternoon hours their darker skin tone blends with the darkness of the night, leaving only the whites of their eyes visible, thus resembling a ghost.
circa mid 1900's
Well shucks dad, I was going to walk Shelly home but there were spooks all up and down the cul de sac.
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A racist term used towards black people. Spook, as in "ghost", originated due to the difficulty of seeing black people at night.
Try to avoid dark alleys. You might not see the spooks waiting to rob you.
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Racial term for an African American male that is often used to describe a feeling of disgust, anger, frustration, and the like.
See also - Jig, Nigger, Coon, etc.
I bet that damn spook stole my radio.
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One who imitates their own enemies way of life.
Bitch, stop spooking your haterβ¦ sheβs spooking YOU!!!!
Donβt hate the game, hate the spook!
The one who hates you⦠spooks you.
Nanβs be spooking.
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