Definitions for haunt
hɔnt, hɑnt; for 10 also hænthaunt

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. haunt, hangout, resort, repair, stamping ground(verb)

   a frequently visited place

2. haunt, stalk(verb)

   follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to

   "her ex-boyfriend stalked her"; "the ghost of her mother haunted her"

3. haunt, obsess, ghost(verb)

   haunt like a ghost; pursue

   "Fear of illness haunts her"

4. frequent, haunt(verb)

   be a regular or frequent visitor to a certain place

   "She haunts the ballet"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. haunt(Noun)

   A place at which one is regularly found; a hangout.

2. haunt(Noun)

   A ghost.

3. haunt(Noun)

   A feeding place for animals.

4. haunt(Verb)

   To inhabit, or visit frequently (most often used in reference to ghosts).

5. haunt(Verb)

   To make uneasy.

   The memory of his past failures haunted him.

6. haunt(Verb)

   To stalk, to follow

   The policeman haunted him, following him everywhere.

7. haunt(Verb)

   To live habitually; to stay, to remain.

Origin: From haunten, from hanter, of origin, probably through *, from haimatjanan, from haimaz, from kōim-. Cognate with hamettan, heimta, ham, hantin from the same source. More at home.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Haunt(verb)

   to frequent; to resort to frequently; to visit pertinaciously or intrusively; to intrude upon

2. Haunt(verb)

   to inhabit or frequent as a specter; to visit as a ghost or apparition

3. Haunt(verb)

   to practice; to devote one's self to

4. Haunt(verb)

   to accustom; to habituate

5. Haunt(verb)

   to persist in staying or visiting

6. Haunt(noun)

   a place to which one frequently resorts; as, drinking saloons are the haunts of tipplers; a den is the haunt of wild beasts

7. Haunt(noun)

   the habit of resorting to a place

8. Haunt(noun)

   practice; skill

Origin: [F. hanter; of uncertain origin, perh. from an assumed LL. ambitare to go about, fr. L. ambire (see Ambition); or cf. Icel. heimta to demand, regain, akin to heim home (see Home). 36.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

Anagrams for haunt »

1. Utahn

How to pronounce haunt?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of haunt in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of haunt in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of haunt in a Sentence

1. John Powell:

   It comes back to haunt you.

2. John Phillips:

   This one'll haunt me for a long time if we can't get it reversed.

3. President Barack Obama:

   It continues to haunt me, it was one of the worst days of my presidency.

4. Ken Jennings:

   Hell tell you, hell be like, Oh that small wager might come back to haunt you, kid.

5. Garo Paylan:

   The reason I persist on this 100-year-old issue is because it continues to haunt Turkey.

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