Spook is a synonym for

ghost A ghost is the soul (spirit), soul or spirit of a dead Human, person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visibl ...

. 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 (born 1939), Norwegian fashion designer * a

ghostwriter A ghostwriter is hired to write literary or journalistic works, speeches, or other texts that are officially credited to another person as the author. Celebrities, executives, participants in timely news stories, and political leaders ofte ...

* a

racial slur The following is a list of ethnic slurs or ethnophaulisms or ethnic epithets that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or racial group or to refer to them in a derogatory, pejorative, or ot ...

referring to a black person * an

undercover agent To go "undercover" (that is, to go on an undercover operation) is to avoid detection by the object of one's observation, and especially to disguise one's own identity (or use an assumed identity) for the purposes of gaining the trust of an indi ...

or spy

Places

* Spook Bridge, an abandoned bridge over the Withlacoochee River, Georgia, United States *

Spook Cave Spook Cave is a flooded cave located about west of McGregor in rural Clayton County, Iowa. It is privately owned and operated as a tourist attraction offering escorted boat rides into the cave. The cave was first discovered in 1953 and opened for ...

, a flooded cave in Iowa, US *

Spook Hill Spook Hill is a gravity hill, an optical illusion in Lake Wales, Florida, where cars appear to roll up the spooky hill. Spook Hill is located on the Lake Wales Ridge, a geologically significant range of sand and limestone hills, which were islands ...

, a gravity hill in Florida, US *

Spook (crater) Spook crater is a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon visited by the astronauts of Apollo 16. The name of the crater was formally adopted by the IAU in 1973. Geology Station 2 is adjacent to Spook, between it and the smaller, yo ...

, a small crater in the Descartes Highlands of the Moon

Arts, entertainment, media

Fictional characters

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

The Wizard of Id ''The Wizard of Id'' is a daily newspaper comic strip created by American cartoonists Brant Parker and Johnny Hart. Beginning November 16, 1964, the strip follows the antics of a large cast of characters in a shabby medieval kingdom called "Id ...

Films

* ''Spooks'' (1930 film), a 1930 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit short * ''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 Colin and Jacqui Hawkins as part of their ''Picture Lions'' series * ''Spooks'', a comic book series by

Larry Hama Larry Hama (; born June 7, 1949) is an American comic-book writer, artist, actor, and musician who has worked in the fields of entertainment and publishing since the 1960s. During the 1970s, he was seen in minor roles on the TV shows ''M*A*S*H' ...

Television

* ''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), a 2010 album by The Beautiful Girls * ''Spooks: Original Comics Soundtrack'', a 2008 album by

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical eleme ...

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 ''Inherent Vice'' is a novel by American author Thomas Pynchon, originally published in August 2009. A darkly comic detective novel set in 1970s California, the plot follows sleuth Larry "Doc" Sportello whose ex-girlfriend asks him to investigat ...

'' 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 ''Three for Shepp'' is an album by American saxophonist Marion Brown featuring performances recorded in 1966 for the Impulse! label.

'' 1966 * "Spooks", by

Pryda Eric Sheridan Prydz (, ; born 19 July 1976), also known by his many aliases including Pryda () and Cirez D (), is a Swedish DJ and music producer. He rose to fame with his 2004 hit single " Call on Me", and saw continued chart success with " Pr ...

from the single ''Spooks / Do It'' * "Spook", by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club from the album ''

Wrong Creatures ''Wrong Creatures'' is the eighth studio album by American rock band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. The album was released through Vagrant Records on January 12, 2018. Four songs were released as singles in late 2017 ahead of the album's release: " ...

Other arts, entertainment, and media

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

Military

* "Spook", nickname for a

Mine Protected Combat Vehicle The Mine Protected Combat Vehicle – MPCV (a.k.a. 'Spook') was a Rhodesian 4×4 Infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), first introduced in 1979 and based on the body of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog light truck. It remains in use with the Zimbabwe Nat ...

, a Rhodesian armoured fighting vehicle * "The Spook", emblem of the

McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II The McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II is an American tandem two-seat, twin-engine, all-weather, long-range supersonic jet interceptor and fighter-bomber originally developed by McDonnell Aircraft for the United States Navy.Swanborough and Bo ...

, a United States Navy fighter-bomber

Other uses

* a concept in the

philosophy of Max Stirner Johann Kaspar Schmidt (25 October 1806 – 26 June 1856), known professionally as Max Stirner, was a German post-Hegelian philosopher, dealing mainly with the Hegelian notion of social alienation and self-consciousness. Stirner is often seen as ...