spookhouse
spookhouse · spookhouses
A haunted houseA haunted house.
/ˈspuːkhaʊs/
» For Halloween, let's decorate our house like a spookhouse to give the children a good scare.
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2 senses(slang)A haunted house.
(slang)A headquarters for intelligence agents.
Examples
1 sentencesFor Halloween, let's decorate our house like a spookhouse to give the children a good scare.
Origin
From spook + house.From spook + house.
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Forms
plural: spookhouses| Singular | spookhouse |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.