I. haunt 1 /hɔːnt $ hɒːnt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive not in progressive]
[ Date: 1100-1200 ; Language: French ; Origin: hanter ]
1 . if the soul of a dead person haunts a place, it appears there often:
The pub is said to be haunted by the ghost of a former landlord.
2 . to make someone worry or make them sad:
Clare was haunted by the fear that her husband was having an affair.
3 . to cause problems for someone over a long period of time:
an error that would come back to haunt them for years to come
II. haunt 2 BrE AmE noun [countable]
a place that someone likes to go to often
haunt of
The Café Vienna was a favourite haunt of journalists and actors.