Definition of haunt Haunt

/hɔˈnt/ - [hont] - haunt

We found 24 definitions of haunt from 5 different sources.

What does haunt mean?

Noun Plural: haunts
haunt - a frequently visited place
		hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground
		country, area the territory occupied by a nation; "he returned to the land of his birth"; "he visited several European countries"
Verb haunts, haunting, haunted
haunt - haunt like a ghost; pursue; "Fear of illness haunts her"
		obsess, ghost
		preoccupy engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
haunt - follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to; "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"
		stalk
		pursue, follow follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
haunt - be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place; "She haunts the ballet"
		frequent
		travel to, visit go to certain places as for sightseeing; "Did you ever visit Paris?"
		hang out spend time in a certain location or with certain people; "She hangs out at the corner cafe"

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haunt (Noun)
A place at which one is regularly found; a hangout.
haunt (Noun)
A ghost.
haunt (Noun)
A feeding place for animals. Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed. , 1989.
haunt (Verb)
To inhabit, or visit frequently most often used in reference to ghosts.
haunt (Verb)
To make uneasy, restless.
haunt (Verb)
To stalk, to follow.
haunt (Verb)
To live habitually; to stay, to remain.
haunt (Verb)
To accustom; habituate; make accustomed to.
haunt (Verb)
To practise.
haunt (Verb)
To persist in staying or visiting.

haunt (v. t.)
To frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon.
haunt (v. t.)
To inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition.
haunt (v. t.)
To practice; to devote one's self to.
haunt (v. t.)
To accustom; to habituate.
haunt (v. i.)
To persist in staying or visiting.
haunt (n.)
A place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts.
haunt (n.)
The habit of resorting to a place.
haunt (n.)
Practice; skill.

haunt
hawnt, v.t. to frequent: to follow importunately: to intrude upon continually: to inhabit or visit as a ghost.—v.i. to be much about: to appear or visit frequently.—n. a place much resorted to: (Shak.) habit of frequenting.—p.adj Haunt′ed, frequented, infested, esp. by ghosts or apparitions.—n. Haunt′er.—adv. Haunt′ingly. [O. Fr. hanter; acc. to Littré, a corr. of L. habitāre.]

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