spookshow
spookshow noun: a show that involves ghosts.
Noun
spookshow (plural spookshows)
- A show that involves ghosts.
- Now that you've learned the tricks, it's time to put on a spookshow.2001, David Knoles, Spine-Tingling Magic Tricks
- ...full of characters who die screaming, but the Tom Baker-era spookshows have too much fun with the trappings of genre to be as ruthless.2005, Kim Newman, Doctor Who
- An organisation or situation that involves spies.
- "Underneath the spookshow trappings, what is the bureau, anyway, but another intelligence agency?"2005, Brian Hodge, Hellboy #1: On Earth as it is in Hell
- They're some kind of British spookshow, totally top secret.2007, Chris Roberson, X-Men: The Return
Examples of spookshow in a sentence
- Adding it up one way, then adding it up another just to see if he can make it come out any other way than the crazy spookshow equation it wears for a face.2007, Norman Partridge, Dark Harvest:
- "That spookshow downstairs was beyond belief," Karl said.2007, Scott Ciencin, Constance M Burge, High Spirits:
Forms of spookshow
| plural | spookshows |
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Origin of spookshow
From spook + show.
Questions about spookshow
- What does spookshow mean?
- Spookshow means a show that involves ghosts.
- How do you use spookshow in a sentence?
- Adding it up one way, then adding it up another just to see if he can make it come out any other way than the crazy spookshow equation it wears for a face.
- What part of speech is spookshow?
- Spookshow is a noun.
- What is the plural of spookshow?
- The plural of spookshow is spookshows.
Words near spookshow in the dictionary
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