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Spuk — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • ghost noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  • haunted adj Said of a place, believed to be regularly visited by a ghost.
  • specter noun A ghostly figure or apparition; a phantom.
  • spook noun A ghost or supernatural apparition.

Senses

Spuk is used for these senses in English:

  • ghost A disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.
  • haunted Of a location, frequented by a ghost or ghosts.
  • specter A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]
  • specter (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from Template:SAFESUBST: c.]

ghost — full definition

  1. noun The soul of a dead person believed to appear to or haunt the living.
  2. verb To suddenly stop all communication with someone, especially in a relationship, without any explanation.
  3. verb To secretly write or produce work credited to someone else (short for ghostwrite).
  4. verb To make a visual element look faint or grayed-out to show it can't currently be used.

haunted — full definition

  1. adj Said of a place, believed to be regularly visited by a ghost.
  2. adj Deeply troubled or preoccupied, as if by a persistent bad memory.

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