Spooking

noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A supernatural fright. countable, uncountable

    "Until her death Marie maintained that it was she and a few other fun-loving and lively girls who had started the spookings at the expense of the superstitious sisters."

  2. 2
    The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook. countable, slang, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of spook form-of, gerund, participle, present

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ghostapparitionphantomspecterwraithaffright

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"Until her death Marie maintained that it was she and a few other fun-loving and lively girls who had started the spookings at the expense of the superstitious sisters."

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