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spookings

spookings is the plural of spooking.

Meaning of spooking

Noun

spooking (countable and uncountable, plural spookings)

  1. A supernatural fright.
    • 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.1981, Selecta: Journal of the PNCFL, page 106
  2. (slang) The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook.

Questions about spookings

What is spookings the plural of?
Spookings is the plural of spooking.

Words near spookings in the dictionary

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

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