Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Suggestive of ghosts or spirits, especially in being eerie or disturbing.
- adjective Easily startled; skittish.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
spookish , in any sense.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
eerie , or suggestive ofghosts or thesupernatural - adjective
unpredictably excitable ;skittish (used especially of horses)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unpredictably excitable (especially of horses)
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is only two lines long, but its melody, in spooky mode IV, is filled with undulations which remind one of the journey of the Magi.
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Kim sez, "Teardrop Memories is an online store specializing in spooky and arcane antiquities, from funeral cards to embalming supplies, church benches to cribs for dead infants to ... salad forks that advertise a Philly mortuary?"
Boing Boing: December 11, 2005 - December 17, 2005 Archives 2005
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Oh and I’ll let in spooky, exciting and adventurous too.
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Okay guys … I am not the kind of person who actually believes that my little contribution here has any effect on the Lost producers … in fact I would be shocked if they even read what we post here, but I gotta say, something a little spooky is going on with this week’s Dharma Special Access …
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Okay guys … I am not the kind of person who actually believes that my little contribution here has any effect on the Lost producers … in fact I would be shocked if they even read what we post here, but I gotta say, something a little spooky is going on with this week’s Dharma Special Access …
The Tail Section » Dharma Special Access, Week 6…Strange Coincidence? 2008
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Must be outgoing, enthusiastic, enjoy long walks in spooky places and you can’t be afraid of the dark (let’s me out.)
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I waspersonally concerned about this because while I had a hooky one-line for my own manuscript — one that implied action and had a certain spooky promise to it — I knew that it didn’t really capture the emotional flavor of the women’s fiction story I’m writing.
Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Secrets of the Silver Screen: Irony 2006
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The scientific basis for this quest was the experimental confirmation that once two quantum entities such as electrons have interacted with one another, they remain connected by what Einstein called "spooky action at a distance."
Merry-Prankster Physicists John Gribbin 2011
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Trying to poke holes in the notion of spooky action at a distance, Einstein and two colleagues published a paper in 1935 that appeared to demonstrate the existence of mysterious "hidden variables" and show that quantum theory was incomplete.
Science, Spirituality, and Some Mismatched Socks William Harryman 2009
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Trying to poke holes in the notion of spooky action at a distance, Einstein and two colleagues published a paper in 1935 that appeared to demonstrate the existence of mysterious "hidden variables" and show that quantum theory was incomplete.
Prolagus commented on the word spooky
It's got to be fate that's doing it
A spooky witch in a sexy dress has been bugging me
With the story of the way it should be
With the story of Sebastian and Belle the singer.
(My wandering days are over, by Belle and Sebastian)
October 17, 2008
uipsi commented on the word spooky
In the cool of the evening
When everything is getting kind of groovy
You call me up and ask me
Would I like to go with you and see a movie?
First I say no, Ive got some plans for tonight
And then I stop and say all right
Love is kind of crazy with a spooky little boy like you
You always keep me guessing
I never seem to know what you are thinking
And if a girl looks at you
Its for sure your little eye will be a-winking
I get confused, I never know where I stand
And then you smile and hold my hand
Love is kind of crazy with a spooky little boy like you
Spooky
If you decide some day to stop this little game that you are a-playing
Im gonna tell you all the things my hearts been a-dying to be saying
Just like a ghost youve been a-haunting my dreams
But now I know youre not what you seem
Love is kind of crazy with a spooky little boy like you
Spooky
(Spooky, Dusty Springfield)
July 7, 2009
rolig commented on the word spooky
I love Dusty when she's a-singing this sort of song.
July 7, 2009