SPOOK

Spook (spo͞ok), n. [[D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spöke, Dan. spögelse a specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke.]] 1. 1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [Written also spuke.] Ld. Lytton.
2. 2. (Zoöl.) The chimæra.