(n) a mental representation of some haunting experience, Syn. shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith, Example:he looked like he had seen a ghost; it aroused specters from his past
n. [ D. spook; akin to G. spuk, Sw. spöke, Dan. spögelse a specter, spöge to play, sport, joke, spög a play, joke. ] 1. A spirit; a ghost; an apparition; a hobgoblin. [ Written also spuke. ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]