Spook is a synonym for

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. Spook or spooks may also refer to:

People

Spook (nickname) Spook is a nickname of: * Thomas Dowler (1903-1986), American football, basketball and baseball player and football and basketball coach * Rupert Hanley (born 1952), South African cricketer * Spook Jacobs (1925–2011), American Major League Base ...

, shared by several notable people *

Per Spook Per Spook (born 2 July 1939) is a Norwegian fashion designer. He was awarded ''Aiguille d'Or'' (The Golden Needle) in 1978, and ''Dé d'Or'' (The Golden Thimble) in 1993. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. ...

(born 1939), Norwegian fashion designer * a ghostwriter * a racial slur referring to a black person * an undercover agent or spy

Places

* Spook Bridge, an abandoned bridge over the Withlacoochee River, Georgia, United States * Spook Cave, a flooded cave in Iowa, US * Spook Hill, a gravity hill in Florida, US * Spook (crater), a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon

Arts, entertainment, media

Fictional characters

* Spook (comics), a DC Comics enemy of Batman * Spook, List_of_Top_Cat_characters#Spook, a character from the cartoon series ''Top Cat'' * Spook, a character in the comic strip ''The Wizard of Id''

Films

* Spooks (1930 film), ''Spooks'' (1930 film), a 1930 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short * Spooks (1953 film), ''Spooks'' (1953 film), a 1953 Three Stooges short * ''Spooks: The Greater Good'', a British 2015 spy film

Literature and comics

* ''Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife'', a 2005 non-fiction book by Mary Roach * ''Spook's'', a series of dark fantasy novels by Joseph Delaney * ''Spook'', a graphic novel by Joshua Starnes and Lisandro Estherren * ''Spooks'', a children's book by Jacqui Hawkins, Colin and Jacqui Hawkins as part of their ''Picture Lions'' series * ''Spooks'', a comic book series by Larry Hama

Television

* Spooks (TV series), ''Spooks'' (TV series), a UK series broadcast from 2002 to 2011 (called ''MI-5'' in some countries) * ''Spooks: Code 9'', a UK series broadcast in 2008

Music

Groups

* Spooks (group), an American hip-hop band

Albums

* Spooks (album), ''Spooks'' (album), a 2010 album by The Beautiful Girls * ''Spooks: Original Comics Soundtrack'', a 2008 album by Lalo Schifrin and Andy Garfield, based on the comics by Larry Hama

Songs

* "Spooks", by Dance Gavin Dance from the album ''Downtown Battle Mountain II'' * "Spooks", by Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) from the ''Inherent Vice (film), Inherent Vice'' soundtrack * "Spooks!", by Louis Armstrong, released in 1954, later found on album ''Satchmo In Style'' *"Spooks", by Marion Brown from the album ''Three for Shepp'' 1966 * "Spooks", by Pryda from the single ''Spooks / Do It'' * "Spook", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from the album ''Wrong Creatures''

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* Spooks (video game), ''Spooks'' (video game), a 1985 video game

Military

* "Spook", nickname for a Mine Protected Combat Vehicle, a Rhodesian armoured fighting vehicle * "The Spook", emblem of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, a United States Navy fighter-bomber

Other uses

* a concept in the philosophy of Max Stirner