spooking

English

Verb

spooking

1. present participle and gerund of spook

Noun

spooking (countable and uncountable, plural spookings)

1. A supernatural fright.
   • 1981, Selecta: Journal of the PNCFL, page 106:

     Until her death Marie maintained that it was she and a few other fun-loving and lively girls who had started the spookings at the expense of the superstitious sisters.

2. (blackjack, slang) The form of hole carding engaged in by a spook.