spookingn.

Etymology: < spook v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspooking.

a. The action of calling spirits; a séance.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > seance

séance1845

sitting1851

circle1856

session1858

spooking1919

1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor i. 2 ‘What's the suggestion?’ Alec asked. ‘Spooking,’ said I. ‘Cripes!’ said Alec... Matthews brought in the..table... Little wrote a letter of the alphabet on [squares] and arranged them in a circle... I polished the tumbler... We had constructed our first ‘Ouija’.

1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham ii. iv. 135 I will not relax one jot or one tittle in these precautions until I have demonstrated forever the farcical fraudulence of all this solemn spooking.

b. Haunting, frightening.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > appearance of or haunting

apparitionc1522

walking1606

haunting1674

spookery1893

spooking1961

1961 Amer. Speech 36 224 The use of spook can extend to the frightening of people; it is not limited to physical spooking but can indicate mental frightening.

1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 106 Oedipa wondered what hangups, crises, spookings in the middle of the night might be developed from the shadowed subtleties of his mouth, hidden under a full beard.

1979 Angling July 19/3 The spooking of fish by striking at line bites.

2. The action of spying.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun]

spying1338

espying1340

espialc1386

espyc1386

spyc1450

especiala1500

spieryc1588

intelligence1602

worming1607

scouting1644

espionage1793

spyism1847

spydom1859

obbo1933

great game1936

spooking1977

1977 M. Herr Dispatches (1978) 51 The romance of spooking started to fall away..leaving the spooks on the beach.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	spooking
释义	spookingn. Etymology: < spook v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈspooking. 1. a. The action of calling spirits; a séance. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the occult > spiritualism > [noun] > seance séance1845 sitting1851 circle1856 session1858 spooking1919 1919 E. H. Jones Road to En-dor i. 2 ‘What's the suggestion?’ Alec asked. ‘Spooking,’ said I. ‘Cripes!’ said Alec... Matthews brought in the..table... Little wrote a letter of the alphabet on [squares] and arranged them in a circle... I polished the tumbler... We had constructed our first ‘Ouija’. 1930 H. G. Wells Autocracy Mr. Parham ii. iv. 135 I will not relax one jot or one tittle in these precautions until I have demonstrated forever the farcical fraudulence of all this solemn spooking. b. Haunting, frightening. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > appearance of or haunting apparitionc1522 walking1606 haunting1674 spookery1893 spooking1961 1961 Amer. Speech 36 224 The use of spook can extend to the frightening of people; it is not limited to physical spooking but can indicate mental frightening. 1966 T. Pynchon Crying of Lot 49 v. 106 Oedipa wondered what hangups, crises, spookings in the middle of the night might be developed from the shadowed subtleties of his mouth, hidden under a full beard. 1979 Angling July 19/3 The spooking of fish by striking at line bites. 2. The action of spying. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [noun] spying1338 espying1340 espialc1386 espyc1386 spyc1450 especiala1500 spieryc1588 intelligence1602 worming1607 scouting1644 espionage1793 spyism1847 spydom1859 obbo1933 great game1936 spooking1977 1977 M. Herr Dispatches (1978) 51 The romance of spooking started to fall away..leaving the spooks on the beach. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1919
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