frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse
a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
If people are spooked, something has scared them or made them nervous. But was it the wind that spooked her? Investors were spooked by slowing economies. + spooked spooked He was so spooked that he, too, began to believe that he heard strange clicks and noises on their telephones. to frighten someone
frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"