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spooking out

spooking out is the present participle and gerund of spook out.

Meaning of spook out

Verb

spook out (third-person singular simple present spooks out, present participle spooking out, simple past and past participle spooked out)

  1. (informal, transitive) to scare, to frighten
    • The strange man with the large head spooked me out so much until I realized it was only a picture.

Questions about spooking out

What is spooking out the present participle and gerund of?
Spooking out is the present participle and gerund of spook out.

Words near spooking out in the dictionary

  1. spookiest
  2. spookily
  3. spookiness
  4. spookinesses
  5. spooking
  6. spooking out
  7. spookings
  8. spookish
  9. spookishly
  10. spookism
  11. spookist

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