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spooked, ppl. a. U.S. slang.
[f. spook v. + -ed1.]
a. Frightened; nervy; dogged by ill-fortune.
1937E. Hemingway To have & have Not i. iii. 50 He would get to worrying and get so spooked he wouldn't be any use. 1952B. Harwin Home is Upriver xiii. 128 The cattle backed away to the far side, a skittish, spooked mass of bristling horns and rolling eyes. 1969L. Sanders Anderson Tapes (1970) li. 137 Don't get spooked when something comes up you didn't figure on. 1970E. Tidyman Shaft (1971) x. 132 There were still some people..staring into the night. The spooked, the stoned and the sleepless. 1977E. Leonard Unknown Man, No. 89 xxi. 214 He was running for town, spooked good now, in a panic.
b. spooked up, excited, pepped up.
1939Wodehouse Uncle Fred in Springtime iii. 43, I saw one of those Western pictures at our local cinema last night, in which a character described himself as being all spooked up with zip and vinegar. That is precisely how I feel. The yeast of spring is fermenting in my veins, and I am ready for anything. 1969C. Burke God is Beautiful, Man (1970) 85 Well this makes her pretty happy and she gets so spooked up about it that she ran into the city and forgot her jar of water. |