Past tense of spook
regular verb
The past tense of spook is spooked. The past participle is also spooked.
Forms of spook
| Base form (V1) | spook /spuːk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | spooked |
| Past participle (V3) | spooked |
| Present participle | spooking |
| Third person singular | spooks |
Spooked in a sentence
- The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.
- The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.
- The strange man with the large head spooked me out so much until I realized it was only a picture.From the entry spook out
- I'm totally paraphrasing here, but the whole "points" thing spooked me a bit, seemed MLMish to me.2003 May 3, Jester, “Re: Merchant accounts? Looong”, in alt.wholesale (Usenet). From the entry MLMish
- They may stay around, but once they get spooked, they will probably split for good.1999 January 28, Dan Cowell, “Re: Free-ranging pheasants”, in sci.agriculture.poultry (Usenet). From the entry Amherst
Meaning of spook
- noun A ghost or phantom.
- noun A scare or fright.
- noun An undercover agent, spy, or intelligence analyst.
Questions about the past tense of spook
- What is the past tense of spook?
- The past tense of spook is spooked.
- What is the past participle of spook?
- The past participle of spook is spooked.
- Is spook a regular or irregular verb?
- Spook is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: spook (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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