spooky

spooky
adjective /spuːki/
a) eerie, or suggestive of ghosts or the supernatural
b) unpredictably excitable; skittish (used especially of horses)

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  • Spooky — is a British house/techno duo consisting of Duncan Forbes and Charlie May. They debuted with Gargantuan in 1993 after signing to Guerilla Records. In 1995 and 1996 they released three EPs ( Clank , Stereo and Shunt ) on their own Generic Records… …   Wikipedia

  • spooky — 1854, “frightening;” 1926, “easily frightened,” from SPOOK (Cf. spook) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Related: Spookily; spookiness …   Etymology dictionary

  • spooky — [adj] frightening chilling, creepy, eerie, ghostly, mysterious, ominous, scary, spinechilling, supernatural, uncanny, unearthly, weird; concepts 529,537 Ant. natural, unfrightening …   New thesaurus

  • spooky — ► ADJECTIVE (spookier, spookiest) informal ▪ sinister or ghostly. DERIVATIVES spookily adverb spookiness noun …   English terms dictionary

  • spooky — ☆ spooky [spo͞o′kē ] adj. spookier, spookiest Informal 1. of, like, or suggesting a spook or spooks; weird; eerie 2. easily spooked; nervous, apprehensive, fearful, jumpy, etc. spookily adv. spookiness n …   English World dictionary

  • Spooky — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Spooky est un comic strip de l américain Bill Holman publié de 1935 à 1973 Spooky est un duo de house/techno. Spookey Ruben est un musicien américain. DJ… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • spooky — adj. (informal) VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, sound ▪ become, get ▪ It got a little spooky when James started telling ghost stories …   Collocations dictionary

  • spooky — spook|y [ˈspu:ki] adj informal strange or frightening in a way that makes you think of ↑ghosts ▪ a spooky old house ▪ spooky stories ▪ The candlelight created a rather spooky atmosphere …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • spooky — UK [ˈspuːkɪ] / US [ˈspukɪ] adjective Word forms spooky : adjective spooky comparative spookier superlative spookiest informal frightening in a way that makes you nervous because it involves things that do not seem natural and cannot be explained… …   English dictionary

  • Spooky — Chartplatzierungen Erklärung der Daten Singles Schmoo   UK 72 13.03.1993 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • spooky — [[t]spu͟ːki[/t]] spookier, spookiest ADJ GRADED A place that is spooky has a frightening atmosphere, and makes you feel that there are ghosts around. [INFORMAL] The whole place has a slightly spooky atmosphere. Syn: creepy …   English dictionary

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