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👻 A ghost 👻 To haunt
to hant

to hant

9.9
To appear as a ghost and trouble people or a place
  • verb
  • /hænt/
  • Archaic
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  • The old mansion is said to be haunted by a ghost who roams the halls at night.

Examples

  • Some locals believe that the spirit of the former owner still haunts the property.

  • After the tragedy, she felt that the memories of her past haunted her every waking moment.

  • I may just han g around the house.

    Marty (1955)

  • "A" But isn't the real tragedy that han

    Fiction book (1998)

Synonyms

to haunt
vsto hant
98 5.9

To appear often in a place as a ghost

appears to visit or trouble people and is common in dialect use

How Troubling

to torment
  • NSFW
107 7.2
to possess
179 5.3
to hant
  • Archaic
9.9
to visit
∞ 1.0
to appear
873 1.0

Surface Forms

hant infinitive
hanting present participle
hants third person singular
hanted past
hanted past participle

Etymology

The word hant as a verb is a dialect form of haunt, which originally meant 'to visit often' or 'to trouble'. So to hant a place is to appear there like a ghost or to trouble people with memories or fear.