spooking

verb

  1. 1

    To frighten or make nervous (especially by startling).

    “The hunters were spooked when the black cat crossed their path. The movement in the bushes spooked the deer and they ran.”
  2. 2

    To become frightened (by something startling).

    “The deer spooked at the sound of the dogs.”
  3. 3

    To haunt.

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